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Brutal Youthnew
Diamond Jubilee succeeds in unearthing the torments of adolescence, laying bare the manner in which children are bludgeoned into maturity.
Ready for the Countrynew
This tale of two men in the woods is one of the best films of 2006, and its reminiscent of the best films of the 1970s as well.
Fall Books Defy Disasternew
This coming fall and winter are thin on fiction but large on hulking works of non-fiction that might help us catch up with this runaway bobsled called planet Earth.
Boston Phoenix |
John Freeman |
09-27-2005 |
Books
Tags: in, wedding, George, of, Smith, John, a, rice, Christ, child, Robert, Joan, out, Frank, Mom, Jonathan, Collins, Goodwin, Gabriel, Wilson, Again, Anita, Anne, Berry, Billy, Bloom, Brand, Carol, Christopher, Coover, cotton, December, Didion, Doris, Dyer, Egypt, Eric, Fisk, Foner, Garcia, Geoff, H.W., Harold, Hodgman, Joanna, Joyce, Kearns, Kenneth, Kevin, Koch, Lord:, Marquez, McCourt, melancholy, Memories, Missing, My, Oates, Packer, Patti, Raban, Rafi, Scott, Shreve, SZYMBORSKA, Wendell, whores, WISLAWA, young, Zabor
Talking the Talknew
Anthony DeCurtis has had A-list access for decades as an editor at Rolling Stone, but this book gets as much juice from his gently thoughtful manner of questioning as from his connections with celebrity.
Boston Phoenix |
Ted Drozdowski |
08-04-2005 |
Nonfiction
Making Wavesnew
Soderbergh sails on the mainstream appeal of his campy sequel to Ocean's Eleven.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-10-2004 |
Reviews
MoveOn Confronts the Futurenew
The progressive darling couldn’t put John Kerry over the top. Where does it go now? How does a grassroots power redirect its muscle?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
12-03-2004 |
Politics
Battling Bushnew
A national recovery plan for Blue America: Start small, rebuild the organization, and hone the message.
Boston Phoenix |
Brian C. Jones |
11-19-2004 |
Politics
Blue in a Red Americanew
For those who live in Blue America, Election Day's crimson tide was a terrible blow not just to their hopes for a Kerry victory, but to their very idea of what it means to be an American.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
11-05-2004 |
Politics
Dick Cheney: Even Worse Than You Thinknew
Deep down, the vice-president is just an ambitious screw-up, a mediocre functionary with a mediocre mind.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
10-22-2004 |
Politics
Worst Campaign Journalists Advance in Round 2 of Wimblehacknew
There is something negative going on when a paper like The New York Times runs the same campaign article hundreds of times, quoting the same 30 or so campaign characters, with only the dateline and the crowd photo changing. Second part of series.
New York Press |
Matt Taibbi |
10-13-2004 |
Media
Tags: New, York, bill, &, media, George, Times, Washington, HOWARD, Pundits, Chicago, Bob, Boston, James, Time, Robert, POST, Will, AP, GILMORE, Novak, Newsweek, Thomas, (1), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), BENNET, BRIAN, BUMILLER, CAL, DANA, Def., ELISABETH, FINEMAN, Globe, GORM, HEATHER, HOFFMANN, JILL, JODI, Karen, MILBANK, MOONEY, NEDRA, PICKLER, POLITIKEN, SAMMON, SUN-TIMES, TRIBUNE, TUMULTY, VOELVER, WILGOREN, WOODWARD, ZUCKMAN
Bush’s Turnnew
Finally, the media turn their sights on the president. But Kerry supporters shouldn’t get too excited by the claims of gossip diva Kitty Kelley and a flawed CBS report.
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
09-21-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: How Bad Was Bush? Baaaaaaad!new
George, if you want anyone to believe you're really introducing "a clear and positive plan" to lead us through "this time of change," you have to give it a name. The 21st Century New Freedom plan or something.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-03-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Waiting for George to Speaknew
All the way up to the big speech, Thursday night's convention program was so bad it seemed intentionally so.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-03-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Who Hates the President? Apparently Everybody.new
Massive protests greeted Republican National Convention delegates in New York City Sunday, demonstrating a widespread animosity against George W. Bush.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
Liberal Left Hooknew
Elder Democratic statesman George McGovern comes out swinging, quietly, in defense of American liberalism.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
08-20-2004 |
Nonfiction
