AltWeeklies Wire
Return to Vietnam
Landmark 1974 documentary "Hearts and Minds" finds new relevance in its re-release.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Defining Dissembling
Bush explains to the media the meaning of "disassemble," while his spokesman provides a good example when asked about contraception.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Commentary
So You Want To Be Batman...
Batman may have written the book on crime-fighting, but you get to read it.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-09-2005 |
Nonfiction
That Did It For Menew
How do we know which wine will be so hauntingly sweet or spicy with tannins aged to velvety perfection that it will make the situation absolutely perfect? McHardy gives some hints.
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
06-09-2005 |
Food+Drink
Boys in Their 'Hoodnew
In the mid-'70s, during a summer drought, Southern California surfers known as the Zephyr Team took what had been a mere toy and created modern skateboarding, now a multi-million dollar industry. Lords of Dogtown is the Z-Boys' story.
Jackson Free Press |
Stephen Belden |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Film Noir Comedy Features Sock Puppetsnew
Lynn Lamousin made a movie...like, by hand. She invented a real feature-length film that is winning awards -- a movie in which the cast consists solely of talking sock puppets.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hollis Gillespie |
06-09-2005 |
Commentary
Wild Turksnew
The gutter punk romance Head On reinvigorates European cinema.
Tags: Fatih Akin, Head-On
Shame Is for Sissiesnew
The John Bolton nomination to the United Nations is the Republican fist with its middle finger held erect.
INDY Week |
Hal Crowther |
06-09-2005 |
Commentary
High Court Blows Smoke on Medical Marijuananew
People in pain are hurting -- but the drug company that makes a pot pill isn't.
INDY Week |
Peter Eichenberger |
06-09-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Aimee Mann Creates Concept Cyclenew
Aimee Mann sings the blues, or rather, depression with her "luxuriant but coolly aloof vocals".
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Hal Horowitz |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Aimee Mann, The Forgotten Arm
Playing Our Songnew
Al Green's immortal work is the stuff memories are made of.
Tucson Weekly |
Gene Armstrong |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Al Green, Everything's OK
Myrlie Evers-Williams and the Power of Onenew
Myrlie Evers-Williams talks about the need for change, the pain of losing a husband and her new book, “The Autobiography of Medgar Evers,” edited with Manning Marable.
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
06-09-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Seattle's Band Trots Forward, Led by Friendshipsnew
A quartet of late '90s/early 2000s Seattle scene veterans, Band of Horses plays an engaging blend of high, lonesome indie rock informed by insurgent country.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tony Ware |
06-09-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Band of Horses
A Big Nothingnew
Lords of Dogtown fails due to an unfocused screenplay and wooden performances.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-09-2005 |
Reviews
What Pro-Life Really Meansnew
Is the right wing really pro-life or just pro-birth?
Jackson Free Press |
John Sawyer |
06-09-2005 |
Commentary
