AltWeeklies Wire
How the 'Hookup' Has Changed the Way College Students Connectnew
"Hooking up" -- a term covering a wide range of sexual behavior -- is a common practice on college campuses nationwide. Ohio University is no different; the practice here is widespread among students.
The Athens NEWS |
Carrie Kirschner |
11-15-2004 |
Sex
Well Trainednew
The runaway-train action stuff is fantastic. Where the movie falters is when it delivers platitudes about how the spirit of Christmas is in every one of us and Santa is the symbol of the spirit of giving, etc., etc.
Tags: Robert Zemeckis, The Polar Express
Redemption Thongnew
The witless inanity of this film is so numbing that the sole reason for any living creature to sit through it is to marvel at actress Salma Hayek's relentless succession of thongs, sarongs, diaphanous cocktail frocks, and all-but-nonexistent bathing suits.
Tags: Brett Ratner, After the Sunset
Schwarzenomics: California Governor Is No Moderatenew
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's main economic advisers are the same right-wing academics who promoted the ineffective "free market" theories used by President Ronald Reagan to cut taxes while running up record deficits and trade imbalances.
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: Reaganomics, balanced budget
The Urban Archipelago -- A New Democratic Realitynew
It's time for the Democrats to face reality: They are the party of urban America. If the cities elected our president, if urban voters determined the outcome, John F. Kerry would have won by a landslide. Urban voters are the Democratic base.
The Stranger |
The Stranger Editorial Staff |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election, postmortem
Gay Couples Aren't Inclined to Apologize for Bush's Winnew
If anything underscores the unique pain that gay married couples must feel this week, it's that almost all the ones contacted for this story denied the obvious fact that old-fashioned homophobia strongly motivated so many Bush voters.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
11-12-2004 |
LGBT
Mr. Gonz Doesn't Go to Washingtonnew
Unable to find a candidate who meshed with his ideals, a 27-year-old reporter decided to run for Congress on the Libertarian ticket.
Dallas Observer |
John Gonzalez |
11-12-2004 |
Politics
Behind the Scenes Superstar
Walter Murch has won Academy Awards for both film and sound design. He worked on The Godfather, The Conversation, English Patient, Cold Mountain, Being Julia. And he's famous for being a good talker too.
Pacific Sun |
Mal Karman |
11-12-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Why George Bush Won
An examination of the election data shows that the primary reason red states voted for the president was simply this — of the two candidates, they felt that Bush could be counted on to protect them.
Dayton City Paper |
David H. Landon |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, Ohio vote
Moral Politics: Democrats Can Play, Too
The 2004 election map of red and blue states eerily mirrors the pre-Civil War map of “free” and “slave” states and territories. Only now we can refer to the red states, the former slave states, as “anti-gay” states.
Dayton City Paper |
Gabrielle Williamson |
11-12-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: election postmortem, Ohio vote
Vision and Focusnew
First-time screenwriter Joe Conway merges his narrative voice with filmmaker David Gordon Green's visual poetics – with a little help from Terrence Malick.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-12-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Undertow
A Drama Queen Who Earns Her Titlenew
There are so few really great film roles written for middle-aged women that when one comes along and it stars the near-perfect Annette Bening, it’s disappointing that the rest of the movie does not equal her performance.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Being Julia, Istvan Szabo
Caught in the Big Muddynew
Cross-pollinate the arthouse film with B-movie backwoods gothic, and you get something like Undertow’s peculiar fusion of high and low culture.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: David Gordon Green, Undertow
Engine Troublenew
There’s Christmas magic in Zemeckis’ film, but there’s also a bizarre, palpable sense of unease that's due to the animation style, which despite its faithful replication of author Chris Van Allsburg’s painterly compositions, doesn’t translate all that successfully to the screen.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Zemeckis, The Polar Express
Blues Film Lights a Sparknew
Ostensibly a record of one mighty blues show, this film goes beyond the tag of concert film and achieves something more: a living history lesson, tracing the evolving sound of the blues.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
11-12-2004 |
Reviews
