AltWeeklies Wire
National Native Beat Comes from Harvard to Montananew
With Native Americans comprising only 0.53 percent of journalists nationwide, Nieman fellow Jodi Rave's addition to the masthead at Montana's Missoulian — as the first full-time daily reporter on the national Native beat — is a breath of fresh air.
Missoula Independent |
Robin Troy |
07-29-2004 |
Media
Tags: media
Creating a Democratic Network to Counter the Rightnew
Using a network of media outlets, think tanks and young-Republican grooming teams, the right-wing has been patient in spreading its agenda. Now it's time for the Dems to fight back.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-29-2004 |
Politics
Walken in L.A.
Tom Cruise tries to bring philosophical hit man panache to Michael Mann's stylish Collateral.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Mann, Collateral
Shark and Awe
A little nerve-wracking real-life terror carries Open Water only so far.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Kentis, Open Water
Burning Bridges
All hail Jeff Bridges -- the new Greatest Living American Actor -- in The Door in the Floor.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Scooping Litterbox More Pleasant Than Watching Catwomannew
From fashion statements and the flesh factor to money shots and pop references, film critic Curt Holman runs down the good and bad of Halle Berry's latest flick.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Critics battle for 'Ultimate Film Fanatic'new
Creative Loafing's film critics Curt Holman and Felicia Feaster are put to the test in three rounds of a version of IFC's "Ultimate Film Fanatic" game show.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Heather Kuldell |
07-29-2004 |
TV
Tags: TV, Ultimate Film Fanatic
Marijuana Comedy Comments on Being Minority in Americanew
I'm not stoned: There's actually some serious racial-political subtext rolled up in the half-baked comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Brotherhood of the Wave Binds Surfers Together in Riding Giantsnew
Stacy Peralta's breathtaking, exhilarating history of surfing and its personalities traces the sport's 1,000-year-old origins to its current incarnation as the province of extreme sportsmen towed into Hawaii's epic six-story waves.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Stacy Peralta, Riding Giants
Film Evokes Symbols of Blooming Femininity, Spiritual Wiltingnew
Maria Full of Grace is an intimate rendering of what it might feel like to be one of the faceless, disposable people on the bottom of the economic food chain.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Corporate Culture Indicted in New Documentarynew
The Corporation is one of the most insidiously disturbing documentaries in the recent windfall of films. It blames the American philosophy of profit for the erosion of national values and morality.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
Director Demme Updates Manchurian Candidate for War on Terrornew
Like one of the shadowy, brainwashing scientists that populate both films, Demme takes the story of John Frankenheimer's suspenseful Cold War satire and instills new marching orders for the war on terror.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
07-29-2004 |
Reviews
The Day after the Vote Is Tough on Candidates and Punditsnew
In the aftermath of the election, John Sugg asks what the losers will do now.
If they so badly miscalculate their chances, why should we ever think they could make a sound judgment in their old jobs?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
Reviving Liberalism: Authors Discuss How to Fix the Left's Imagenew
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and alt-weekly cartoonist Ted Rall have both authored books describing how the left can take America back from conservatives. The two authors discuss their views in a conference call.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
Bush League: 'Wrong Again'new
This weekly roundup of articles critical of George W. Bush includes media reports on the president's environmental record, the pressure the White House put on intelligence operatives for data favorable to its cause, and the whereabouts of the Secretary of Defense on the morning of 9/11.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Bill O'Driscoll |
07-28-2004 |
Politics
