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On Tuesday afternoon, January 16, an old man walked into the administrative office of a small charter school on the high desert plains north of Prescott. He was skinny, with...
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Upstairs at the recent One Stop Shop hip-hop producers' conference (sponsored by G-Unit), I'm at the booth of Money Management, the company that manages 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks,...
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Say the name Frank Lloyd Wright, and suddenly I'm 18 again, new to New York City and stressing out about one of my very first college assignments. I have no idea how I'm going...
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In 2003, Mark and Michael Polish made Northfork, though just barely; the brothers, also responsible for the art-house fave Twin Falls Idaho, about conjoined twins who fall for...
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In serious art circles, "craft" is a dirty word. It means crocheted doilies and wooden birdhouses, the handmade kitsch you would find at church rummage sales. Form is...
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So you've beaten Zelda and can hurl a 90 mph fastball in Wii Sports without shattering your 50-inch plasma. Now what?
It's time to explore the rest of the "channels" -- some...
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When Ryan McKay was in his early teens, he took his girlfriend to check out some regional band that had achieved a certain local-hero status back in his home state of...
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In the theoretical "school of rock," Isis front man Aaron Turner would be the kid at the head of the class who has an eloquent answer for every question and writes the essays...
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Morally irreproachable and flat as a pancake, Michael Apted's Amazing Grace is set among bickering House of Commoners in late-18th-century London, but the movie belongs...
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Any scene worth its salt comes with cliques, and the coolest club in the Phoenix art world is Collective Gesture, a group of artists, curators, and writers who communicate...
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Shut Up & Sing (Genius)
It's a shame that one of 2006's best documentaries is being released without extras; it would have been nice, for instance, to hear feisty Natalie...
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This ornery oriole's been crowin' loud and proud ("Denier's Conference," February 1) over the fallout from its revelation that Eric D. Williams, former director of this...
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If getting obliterated only two nights a week just isn't enough to fill whatever emotional void you've got going on, Club Candids has found the perfect place to make an...
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Having endured civil war, separation from their families, hunger and dehydration during a 1000-mile trek through sub-Saharan Africa, and 10 years in a U.N. refugee camp while...
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"Tenacious" at Tempe Public Library's Connections Café: At first glance, artist Barbara Burton's quirky monoprints of bunnies and teacups seem well-suited to a coffee shop t...
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Apartment Zero (Anchor Bay)
Babel (Paramount)
The Bros. (Lions Gate)
Crooked (Lions Gate)
Crossover (Sony)
Curious George: Zoo Night and Other Animal Stories...
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Why does Arnold Schwarzenegger keep putting his foot in his mouth and talking smack about Mexicans? To my understanding, his wife Maria is of Mexican descent. He's not only...
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The pioneering British gore-metal band Carcass may've disbanded in 1995, but its legacy has never been stronger. In fact, not content merely to borrow from the masters, an...
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The Number 23 grips hold of one stupid idea and runs so far with it, in so many directions, to such little purpose, that it nearly won me over from sheer berserkoid effort. In...
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Burning Issue
Should be kerosene and not heard: New Times should be ashamed of itself for giving so much space to a big old dyke nut like Laine Lawless ("Burn, Baby,...
