AltWeeklies Wire
Experiments in Science and Filmmakingnew
Physics and metaphysics mingle in this minimalist yet intriguing fiction about inventor/scientists who discover a technique of time travel.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Primer, Shane Carruth
Has-Been Comic Becomes Never-Was Auteurnew
Born and bred L.A. narcissist Pauly Shore turns auteur for this comedy film outing about … himself.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Pauly Shore, Pauly Shore Is Dead
Haunted House Rejects Its Newest Occupantsnew
An American version of a Japanese haunted-house film follows the same tack as its predecessor, but is strangely neutered by its infusion of blond American actresses.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Takashi Shimizu, The Grudge
R.I.P. Ramonesnew
The scruffy, seminal punk band that put the Bop in the Blitzkrieg is given its due in this treasure-laden documentary.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Men Behaving Badlynew
This family elixir is by turns weepy and hilarious, a little bit of Michael Caine and a whole lotta Christopher Walken.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Around the Bend, Jordan Roberts
George McGovern on Liberalism's Past, Present and Future

In a Q&A interview, statesman George McGovern discusses the current presidential race and his views that Democrats should own up to being liberal.
Days of Wine and Neurosesnew

Payne's movies are distinguished by their indelible characters, and Sideways -- a cross between a three-legged sack race and a pedant's bacchanal -- is no exception, featuring two of the most fully realized comic creations in recent American movies.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alexander Payne, Sideways
10 Can't-Lose Boozing Tunesnew
Bluesman Bob Log III claims there are only three towns in America in which female audience members haven't obliged his request to dunk a boob in his drink. So he knows something about boozing -- and the right songs for it.
Cleveland Scene |
Jason Bracelin |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Log III
Cleveland Cops Coldcock a Cuckoldnew
It hurt Jeffrey Moore that his wife was cheating on him with a cop. And it hurt when that cop and three cop cronies handed Moore a beating.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
10-22-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dylan's Chronicles: Dropped Chords Just Don't Matternew
Dylan's new memoir carries one along on a tidal surge of storytelling, of memory and scenic detail.
Boston Phoenix |
Jon Garelick |
10-22-2004 |
Nonfiction
A Rich Girl Runs for Congressnew
When Capri Cafaro declared her candidacy 10 months ago, she was considered too young and too inexperienced to challenge the four Democratic veterans also running for the congressional seat in Ohio's 14th District. Shifting tactics for voters young and old, she won in a landslide.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
From TV to Stage: Claire Danes at the Toronto Film Festivalnew
TV-trained Claire Danes tackled formidable thespian challenges when she was cast as a 17th century Englishwoman who breaks a sexual barrier.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
10-22-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Geeks Gone Wildnew

"More geeky nerd types have gotten laid at Archon than ever would in the outside world," the Empress Inebria says of the annual science fiction convention. This doesn't quite explain the mahogany-skinned man in the courtyard sporting a velvet cape. It's Star Wars alum Lando Calrissian.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
10-22-2004 |
Recreation
Sex Change: Stage Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deepnew
Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty lives up to its terrific subject: the moment in theatrical history where women were finally permitted to act on the professional stage.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-22-2004 |
Reviews
David Boyle Gets Cattynew
An amateur rap recording takes the Bush administration to task.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
10-22-2004 |
Politics