AltWeeklies Wire
Can We Stop Domestic Violence?new
Advocates for battered women have reframed family violence as a preventable public health problem. But for this hidden “epidemic” to be viewed in the same light as smoking or drunken driving, more money, research and attention are needed.
INDY Week |
Barbara Solow |
05-30-2005 |
Children & Families
Pseudoscience in Autism Treatment
For a public hungry for answers, pseudoscientific efforts at reaching autistic people prove to be the perfect breeding ground for heartache and fraud.
Pasadena Weekly |
Julie Riggott |
05-29-2005 |
Science
Casualties of Warnew
New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Bahman Ghobadi, Turtles Can Fly
Anyone Home?new
A young man steals into people's apartments and adopts their identities in this largely wordless Korean drama.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kim Ki-duk, 3-Iron
Zoo Loosenew
Gently amusing stuff, sure, but nothing terribly inspiring in this animated tale of zoo animals heading back to the wild.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Film Recidivismnew
Sandler and Rock keep the ball in play for this old prison football gem, although they fail to score any new points.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Segal, The Longest Yard
Crude Comedy of Sexual Errors Falls Flatnew
If you've been waiting for a gay/straight comedy of errors that opens with a cringe-worthy rape scene before devolving into borderline offensive situations, then pal, your film has arrived.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Q. Allan Brocka, Eating Out
Moving Targetnew
A historian shows that, far from being born in the wake of the '60s-era Chicano Movement, bilingual education is part of the very fabric of Texas. Also reviewed is Craig Kaplowitz's Lulac: Mexican Americans and National Policy.
San Antonio Current |
Alejandro Perez |
05-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
Independent Presses Serve Niche Audiencenew
The political, social and economic upheavals of the 21st century have prompted hungry readers to look beyond corporate publishing houses to independent, progressive presses.
San Antonio Current |
Lisa Sorg |
05-27-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Titles, Various Authors
An Embarrassment of Richesnew
The sheer multiplicity of this miniorchestra's sound can be a bit nerve-wracking, but when Head of Femur hits a groove, the results are breathtaking. Also reviewed is the Mercury Rev's The Secret Migration.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-27-2005 |
Reviews
Lift the Travel Ban on Cubanew
Congress should lift the long-outmoded embargo, including the travel ban and
trade restrictions, and welcome the Cuban people and their government on
their own terms.
Illinois Times |
Diane Hughes |
05-27-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Miami Cubans, Witness for Peace
Illinois Needs a Day to Honor Jane Addamsnew
Some eighth-graders are petitioning the state to honor the founder of Chicago's Hull House, who is known as the "mother of modern social work."
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-27-2005 |
Commentary
Prison Becomes Movie Starnew
The 150-year-old Joliet Correctional Center has served as the set for three show-biz projects since it was officially decommissioned as a prison last August.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-27-2005 |
Movies
Talk Firstnew
The nation’s first demobilization program to include mandatory one-on-one counseling has just debriefed its first wave of Iraq-war Army National Guard soldiers. So far, so good.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
05-27-2005 |
War
Stealing Your Heartnew
Journalist Julian Rubinstein’s action-packed, absurd, and totally true tale of a Hungarian everyman who becomes a famous criminal gives new meaning to the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction.
Portland Phoenix |
Sara Donnelly |
05-27-2005 |
Nonfiction
