AltWeeklies Wire
Goodbye to the Sunset Mannew
Lee Smith, one of the South's most acclaimed novelists, says farewell to her son, Josh, who died at 32 after struggling for years with mental illness. He is recalled through their annual sailing trips off Key West.
Tags: Health & Science
Pressing Issuesnew
"That guy who cut his arm off" in a Utah slot canyon opens up.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
10-11-2004 |
Nonfiction
Exhuming Brautigannew
Montana poet Greg Keeler remembers riding shotgun with the cult author Richard Brautigan.
Missoula Independent |
Scott Preston |
10-11-2004 |
Nonfiction
Quitting Timenew
In American Indian tradition, tobacco is sacred. But its use has been twisted by commercial interests, some American Indians say. In Montana, they offered a conference on fighting tobacco abuse that helped an addicted reporter to quit.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
10-11-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Tale of the Scape
The broadcast of the miniseries Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars proves you can’t keep the sci-fi geeks down.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
10-11-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV
Just Say Yesnew
The Yes Men are a couple of prankster activists whose target in this movie is the World Trade Organization.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Fresh as Today's Newspapersnew
The filmmaker, who is also responsible for the recent documentary Outfoxed, argues that intelligence data have been manipulated by this administration to justify the decision to go to war.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
The Young Man Behind the Iconnew
Young Che Guevara takes a road trip up the length of South America and discovers his humanity in this portrait of the future revolutionary as a young man.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Flaming Tributenew
No scorcher this, but nonetheless a sturdy tribute to firefighters and male camaraderie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Russell, Ladder 49
Pigskin Paradisenew
H.G. Bissinger's classic book about the secular religion of high school football finally makes it to the screen, with Billy Bob Thornton and Tim McGraw in starring roles.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Peter Berg, Friday Night Lights
The Flipside of Bushnew
George Bush got a lot of mileage labelling John Kerry a flip-flopper. But the prez has a long history of taking on big tasks, flopping utterly and then somehow flipping those flops to his greatest advantage. So let it be said: Bush is a flop-flipper, one of the best of all time.
NOW Magazine |
Robert Priest |
10-08-2004 |
Politics
Being and Everythingnessnew
An existential comedy, to be sure, but in the end this movie quite happily tips toward being and everythingness.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Staking Out Peaceful Groundnew
A gathering of global green thumbs proves community gardens can weed out age-old hatreds.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
10-08-2004 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Rev It Upnew
Loud, swooping documentary about the sport of motorcycle racing follows 24 riders on the international circuit.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
10-08-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mark Neale, Faster
