AltWeeklies Wire
Wine Resolutionsnew
Broaden your wine horizons in 2008.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Taylor Eason |
01-10-2008 |
Food+Drink
Beth Lisick Seeks Help in 'Helping Me Help Myself'new
When Lisick unleashes her inner snark, she's laugh-out-loud funny, but when she toes the book's tagline and earnestly tries to "fix" herself, she's boring, kind of annoying, and self-indulgent.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
01-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
A Haunted Orphanage? No way!new
Screenwriter Sergio G. Sánchez and director Juan Antonio Bayona are content to dig up and exploit every worn-out horror cliché they can think of -- which'd be a problem if The Orphanage wasn't so goddamn scary.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
The Films of Paul Thomas Andersonnew
Screening all of Anderson's feature-length films in order was something I'd never done, but in anticipation of his latest, There Will Be Blood, I started with Hard Eight, then hit Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love.
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
01-10-2008 |
Movies
Midian vs. Middiannew
How much is a band name worth?
The Portland Mercury |
Ezra Ace Caraeff |
01-10-2008 |
Music
He Real Coolnew
Lupe Fiasco, a hiphop ascetic who reportedly eschews groupies and alcohol in his personal life -- which matches their absence in his videos -- is also a begrudged backpacker.
The Portland Mercury |
Jalylah Burrell |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lupe Fiasco, The Cool
Gay Rights Advocates Prep for Domestic Partnership Hearingnew
On Feb. 1, Judge Michae Mosman will hear from the anti-gay activists' attorneys, who allege that state and county elections officials improperly tossed out signatures from a referendum petition aiming to put the domestic partnership law to a vote this fall.
The Portland Mercury |
Amy J. Ruiz |
01-10-2008 |
LGBT
Tags: gay & lesbian issues
Get A Room!new
When hipster immigrants invade Portland, it makes it kinda hard for Oregonians to find a room.
The Portland Mercury |
Jennifer Furniss |
01-10-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Brazil Via Brooklynnew
Brooklyn drummer Scott Kelner explores the roots of maracatu and more.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
No Shamenew
The Park Slope punk quartet The Shondes mix queercore attitude, Jewish melodies and pro-Palestine lyrics.
New York Press |
Elizabeth Rhodes |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Texas Singer-songwriter I’d Been Looking for My Whole Lifenew
I find myself reaching for Slaid Cleaves' music this January, as I have each January since I heard "One Good Year," eight winters back.
New York Press |
Brian Koppelman |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Slaid Cleaves
Retroactive Revelationnew
It's possible that the greatest horror filmmaker in movie history never cried "Action" on a set. That's because Val Lewton, whose name recalls RKO Pictures' creepiest outings of the 1940s, always served as producer and screenwriter, not director.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-10-2008 |
TV
The Birth Monologuesnew
Producer Ricki Lake on the birth culture of the U.S.
New York Press |
Jennifer Merin |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
A New Hybrid Organization Aims to Heal the Seanew

The Center for Ocean Solutions aims to do what amounts to heresy in old-school academia: Knock down barriers to interdisciplinary marine research. Dissolve scientists' fear of policy and policymakers' fear of science. Connect the smart with the powerful. Turn ideas into realities.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
01-10-2008 |
Environment
The Need for New Scare Tacticsnew

Yet another boring J-horror translation proves we don't do horror right.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
01-10-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eric Valette, One Missed Call