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'The Merry Gentleman': A Job for Batmannew
When a ruptured appendix put Chicago director Ron Lazzeretti in the hospital, Michael Keaton stepped in to save the day. Now their project hits Sundance.
Chicago Reader |
Ed M. Koziarski |
01-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Good Day for Chicago's Rainmakersnew
The well-connected score again as the city works out new TIF deals for a former alderman, a wealthy private hospital, and a big car dealer.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
01-22-2008 |
Politics
'Honeydripper': Image Problemnew
John Sayles can write a good story, but can he tell it visually?
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
01-22-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Saving Speaker Craddicknew
Hometown boys from Midland angle to unseat unruly reps and keep Tom Craddick in the speaker's chair.
The Texas Observer |
Andrew Wheat |
01-22-2008 |
Politics
Pennsylvania's Death Row Inmates Have Cause for Hopenew
Developments in neighboring New Jersey and nationwide have those on death row hoping for the best.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Frank Rubino |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Going Green Without Going Brokenew
Chicago restaurateurs put their heads together to make takeout eco-friendly.
Chicago Reader |
Mike Sula |
01-22-2008 |
Food+Drink
How a Bad Band Gets Goodnew
Tirra Lirra's journey from self-indulgent sprawl to taut postmodern psychedelia.
Chicago Reader |
Miles Raymer |
01-22-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tirra Lirra
Replacing Ronnie Earlenew
The race to become the most important prosecutor in Texas.
The Texas Observer |
Dave Mann |
01-22-2008 |
Politics
Chicago Dems Are Dividednew
At a glance, how the nominating contest between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton has split the city's Democratic bigwigs.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
01-22-2008 |
Politics
Death in the House of Broken Heartsnew
A small Pennsylvania town revisits the grisly four-decade-old torture and slaying case of a teenage girl.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Martha Shaak and Kevin Uhrich |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Public Culpability Gets Credit for Torture
2008 gets its first installment of torture porn with a predictable thriller that blames a bloodthirsty public and big media for fostering an atmosphere of retribution violence.
Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
Surviving AIDS: A Day in the Lifenew
For Devondia Roseborough, living with the virus isn't easy, but she's not giving up.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Cheris Hodges |
01-18-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Walking The Linenew
Casualties of the writers' strike.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Nsenga Burton |
01-18-2008 |
Commentary
Blood, Sweat and Tearsnew
There Will be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson on making his masterpiece, and how baseball may have saved him.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Cloverfield' is a Horrornew
It's taken just over six years for the idea of an escapist disaster movie set on the streets of New York City to go from pop-culture anathema to a hotly anticipated commercial commodity.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
