AltWeeklies Wire
Sundownernew
Commercialism overtakes creativity at the Sundance Film Festival.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
02-02-2005 |
Movies
Wheelin' and Dealin'new
As the borders blur between the Bay Area's street art scene and the museum world, a critic considers the ollies popped and champagne sloshed for skater-artists such as Neck Face and Simon Evans.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Glen Helfand |
02-02-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Review of Collapse
“What were Easter Islanders saying as they cut down the last tree on their island?” That’s the question that drives Jared Diamond’s new book, and it’s a relevant one for a world currently doing the same things with the same lack of reflection.
The Inlander |
Ted S. McGregor Jr. |
02-02-2005 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Collapse, Jared Diamond
Listening to Klingonnew
The documentary Earthlings transports us into a secret society ruled by codes and wonders all its own, the province of Trekkies who joined the Klingon Language Institute.
Fight Over Ethnic Studies Dean Imperils Programnew
A bitchy academic fight within San Francisco State University's College of Ethnic Studies centers around former Dean Tomás Almaguer, who was accused of crossing the boundaries of political correctness.
Love Lettersnew
In this moving, deceptively simple film, a weary Chinese mailman, his son and their dog take three days to complete a grueling trek to remote villages in south Hunan.
Cleveland Scene |
Bill Gallo |
02-02-2005 |
Reviews
Cleveland Film Commission May Be Facing Its Curtain Callnew
Back in 1998, when Chris Carmody founded the Cleveland Film Commission, his goal was to rival Pittsburgh's $25-million-a-year film industry within five years. Unfortunately for the local economy, he failed to live up to his own hype.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
02-02-2005 |
Movies
Build a Convention Center, and They Won't Comenew
Though Cleveland is about to invest $300-$500 million in public money on a convention center, no one has made a valid case that a center would thrive. Statistics from other cities suggest the opposite.
Cleveland Scene |
Pete Kotz |
02-02-2005 |
Commentary
Falling Tydenew
Nowadays, Soul Tyde appears about as likely to re-form with all its original members as the Ramones. Group members who were once tight with each other now talk trash; stacks of Soul Tyde's latest album sit unsold in a closet somewhere, going out of style.
Riverfront Times |
Ben Westhoff |
02-02-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
University Museum Cancels Showing of Film on Star's Anorexianew
A copyright lawsuit led museum officials to decide it didn't have the right to show the controversial film, in which Ken and Barbie dolls act out the story of singers Richard and Karen Carpenter.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
02-02-2005 |
Movies
Homeland Security Can't Take a Jokenew
Baltimore County Police and the FBI detain an Ellicott City musician/comedian for photocopying a satirical newsletter.
Baltimore City Paper |
Charles Cohen |
02-02-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Botanists Set Out to Chronicle Our Biological Heritagenew
From the command center of Missouri Botanical Garden, brigades of taxonomists are fanning out to identify all the continent's plants, past and present. Their results will be recorded in the 30-volume Flora of North America encyclopedia.
Riverfront Times |
Kristen Hinman |
02-01-2005 |
Science
Same Old Songnew
A kindly teacher wins over his wayward students in this syrupy, hackneyed French film.
Phoenix New Times |
Melissa Levine |
02-01-2005 |
Reviews
Divorce Mediator Was Not the Lawyer He Claimed to Benew
Gary Karpin operates what he says is a booming one-man mediation business called "Divorce With Dignity." Two clients say he preyed on vulnerable divorcees, both romantically and financially.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
02-01-2005 |
Children & Families
Researcher Keeps the Science Trip Going on LSDnew
Thomas Lyttle's mission, after 30 years of study, is to undemonize acid. Ironically, he's achieving some success just as LSD has virtually disappeared from the underground drug landscape.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jeff Stratton |
02-01-2005 |
Science
