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Taking the Pulse of Latin Cinema in Chilly Torontonew
Two of the Toronto International Film Festival's hottest tickets were Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's latest psycho-sexual melodrama, Bad Education, and Brazilian director Walter Salles's biopic of a young Che Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-05-2004 |
Movies
Wealthy Widows Left Money to Their Primary Care Physiciannew
Three childless widows in Florida remembered their doctor, Aloysius "Al" Brady, generously in their wills. Relatives of one of the women say he used the doctor/patient relationship to take advantage of her.
Miami New Times |
Tristram Korten |
10-05-2004 |
Science
The Case for Impeaching George W. Bushnew
It takes a very high crime to justify removing the president, especially during time of war. George W. Bush, unfortunately, has risen to that height. His decision to circumvent the Geneva Conventions laid the groundwork for the abuses at Abu Ghraib.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
10-05-2004 |
Commentary
Strong Arm of the Law: Allegations of Misconduct Dog Acclaimed Officernew
In the same year, Officer Pete Salvo was named the Hollywood Police Department's Officer of the Year and was the subject of a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after an altercation with him and other officers.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
10-05-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Underground Groupie Bob Judd Has Designs on a Freakier Phoenixnew
Underground filmmaker Bob Judd is the Webmaster for www.thecockettes.org, a site featuring the 1960s/'70s drag queen commune whose most famous performer was the late Divine. Judd has been trying to bring some unusual performers to Phoenix.
Phoenix New Times |
Amy Silverman |
10-05-2004 |
LGBT
Officers Get a Taste of Their Own Tasers
Getting tased really, really hurts, a writer finds when he takes a 50,000-volt "hit" from a weapon police use to control agitated and violent individuals. Most officers who took Taser hits at a training class fell to protective mats, yelping like abused dogs.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
10-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Stops in For a Bitenew
If there is any political party that shows how inadequate political labels are, it is probably the Libertarian Party. Michael Badnarik, its dark-horse presidential candidate, sounded to the right and to the left of the political spectrum when he visited a Spaghetti Warehouse in Dayton, Ohio, on Sept. 22.
Dayton City Paper |
Nick Wilkinson |
10-04-2004 |
Politics
In Prison, Infamous Inmate Felt Isolated and Unfairly Treatednew
At Albion Correctional Facility, the young Amy Fisher spent years in solitary for dying her hair with lye soap or for growing her fingernails too long. She passed the time plucking the hairs from her legs one by one.
Long Island Press |
Amy Fisher and Robbie Woliver |
10-04-2004 |
Excerpts
Jihad! Iraqis' Holy Men Make Bold Declaration Of Warnew
If Sunni clerics are a window into the soul of the violent resistance to U.S. aims in Iraq, the landscape they reveal couldn't be bleaker for U.S.-led forces.
Long Island Press |
Borzou Daragahi |
10-04-2004 |
International
Enjoy the Silencenew
For The Power Out, guitarist and keyboardist Verity Susman wrote her melodies first, then searched for words that sounded euphonious with the hooks. At times, that meant singing in French or German.
The Pitch |
Andrew Miller |
10-04-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Great Wall of Censorshipnew
An American reporter in China finds that the modernization of the economy doesn't extend to the free flow of information.
Willamette Week |
Mark Zusman |
10-04-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Klingons for Kerrynew
John Kerry has strong support with a very influential special interest.
Willamette Week |
Zach Dundas |
10-04-2004 |
Politics
For a Once Dry State, Kansas Makes Good Winenew
Kansas winemakers face three obstacles: lingering attitudes that wine is evil, harsh state laws that prevent most people outside Kansas from trying the state's varieties, and the widespread consumer perception that wine just doesn't come from Kansas.
The Pitch |
Allie Johnson |
10-04-2004 |
Food+Drink
Tags: a Leavenworth Democrat, Adrian Polansky, announced that he had formed a Kansas Grape and Wine Industry Advisory Council, Attorney Kenneth Starr, Holyfield Winery, Kansas Farm Winery Law, Kansas secretary of agriculture, Les and Michelle Meyer, Sen. Don Biggs, wineries, Women's Christian Temperance Union member Frances Wood
Stop and Gonew
The French flick plays like a parody of suspense movies, then occasionally becomes serious, then boring, then makes a jarring 180, then frustrates, then gets vaguely interesting again.
Riverfront Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-04-2004 |
Reviews
The Ramones Bopped Toward History and an Unhappy Endnew
This film is a history about the twin mysteries of how two guys who hated each other stayed in a band for more than two decades and how the Ramones managed to influence a million kids to start 250,000 bands without ever having a hit.
Riverfront Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-04-2004 |
Reviews
