Artists Are the Worst People (San Diego Reader)
“He’s restored that villa to a fare-thee-well. That’s the trouble with Americans; all that money and no taste.” This story begins with an ending: an estate sale in a Hillcrest apartment, scanning the rooms of the deceased, picking through what was left behind.
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Moving Midway / Family Name among new releases (Creative Loafing Charlotte)
Capsule reviews of films currently playing in Charlotte... By Matt Brunson New Releases MOVING MIDWAY / FAMILY NAME How coincidental that these two documentaries – both about North Carolinians grappling with their lineage – are hitting town at roughly the same time, one in theaters (Oct. 3), the other on DVD (Sept. 23). The new release Moving Midway, by film critic and Raleigh native Godfrey ...
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One-Night Stands (East Bay Express)
Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul In their compelling and beautiful documentary, writer-director Fatih Akin ( Head-On ) and musician Alexander Hacke (of the German avant-garde band Einstürzende Neubauten) visit the salons, clubs, and back alleys of Istanbul, the great, oft-troubled metropolis at the mouth of the Bosporus.
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Against the evidence (The New Statesman)
Throughout the 1960s, the tobacco industry famously spent millions promoting a small group of vociferous "sceptics" who, in the face of overwhelming evidence, continued to deny the link between smoking and cancer. The strategy paid off.
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Fall movie preview: Filmmakers are in hot pursuit of Oscar gold (The Toledo Blade)
Fall is here. Which, for Hollywood, means, after a record-setting summer box-office haul involving a caped crusader, a cast-iron hero, a crystal skull, and a cute waste-disposal robot, it’s time to get serious. Fall is Oscar season, after all. Since 1980, only six of the 28 Best Picture winners have been released outside of the autumn season; a few films, in fact, were even given limited ...
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'Towelhead' unwraps family tale of despair (Boston Herald)
The film industry's boutique divisions, many now defunct, perfected the art of releasing films that were provocative or notably offeat or, as was last year's trend,...
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Hollywood poised to unleash its lineup of Oscar hopefuls (Journal Inquirer)
It happens every fall. The air gets a bit crisper, leaves begin to turn color, and good films start showing up in movie theaters.
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'Marry me for $50m or you're dead' (Zawya)
The husband of a murdered pop diva has spoken for the first time of how she feared she would be killed by a professional hitman, allegedly hired by her former lover.
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Religion and science do mix (The New Statesman)
I asked a much-acclaimed headteacher the other day about the secret of his success. Consistency, he said. Schools did best when they had consistent approaches to behaviour, teaching and learning. People thought consistency was dull; in fact, it was exciting, even sexy.
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Student soldiers reflect on service (The Triangle Online)
Most students take the typical route in life - by going to college or getting a job - but, others, including four Drexel students, decide to instead serve their country or help others overseas. For most of these students, enlisting in the Army started out as a need for financial assistance which grew into something more.
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