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Louis C.K. and Wavves
Two guys who are turning bad vibes into good entertainment Believe in Steve
Steve Albini continues to speak his mind, without apology Moving in unison
The difference between subcultures and the mainstream continues to dissolve The pleasure principle
Why you should like what you like—and not feel guilty about it The drugs don't work
How romanticizing substance abuse in rock 'n’ roll is missing the point Six degrees
Why a passé website is still the best way to discover new music communities Post pattern
Attempting to tiptoe around the most dreaded of conversations Cleaning out the closet
How purging might save me from collector-nerd exile Freedom of choice
Is file sharing a major-label slayer or simply a detriment to artists? Growing pains
Trying to cope with age through musical obsessions

Wednesday, August 22,2012
Film

Celluloid heroes

The top 10 movies from 2002 to 2012

By Anders Wright

The first movie I covered for CityBeat was The Aristocrats, way back in the summer of 2005. A few months later, over enchiladas, I told David Rolland and Kelly Davis that I wanted to be the paper’s sole film critic, and two weeks later, the job was mine.

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Wednesday, August 15,2012
Film

‘Searching for Sugar Man’ is a magical mystery tour

It’s clear why Malik Bendjelloul’s new documentary was a hit at Sundance

By Anders Wright

Back in 1970, a Detroit singer-songwriter called Rodriguez released the album Cold Fact. He was soulful and intelligent, his lyrics were intriguing, personal and anti-establishment.

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Wednesday, August 15,2012
Film

‘Killer Joe’ takes Matthew McConaughey pretty far

William Friedkin’s new one leads our rundown of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

It’s easy to look at Killer Joe and just see a Matthew McConaughey thriller. But it’s worth noting that this is a movie made by William Friedkin, a guy with a serious résumé.

Wednesday, August 8,2012
Film

Baby, you can ‘Drive’ this movie

Sharp, violent thriller, playing at midnight this week, tops our coverage of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

If you’ve seen it, you know just how good it is and why it’s well suited to screen at midnight. If you haven’t, get your tickets.

Wednesday, August 8,2012
Film

Ai Weiwei is the man

The Chinese artist fights the power in a new documentary

By Anders Wright

We want our artists to be fearless and unafraid of retribution for speaking their minds. That’s easy to say in this country, where the usual consequence for controversy is either having your funding pulled or wild commercial success.

Monday, August 6,2012
Bottle Rocket

Raw Power’s Shiraz has roots in punk

That’s why it’s surprising that it’s so refined

By Anders Wright

Yeah, despite my predilection these days for quiet art films, Tom Waits and my Galaxy Grey microvan, I have a punk-rock past, which is one reason I picked up a bottle of Raw Power 2009 Shiraz the other day.

Wednesday, August 1,2012
Film

Latino Film Festival hops aboard the zombie bandwagon

‘Juan of the Dead’ tops our coverage of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

Yeah, zombies are everywhere these days, even gracing CityBeat’s cover on July 11. People can’t seem to get enough of them as they mindlessly shamble into any multiplex that features the walking dead on a big screen, stuffing their brainholes with popcorn and sugar water.

Wednesday, August 1,2012
Film

The folks behind Little Miss Sunshine discuss Ruby Sparks

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris re-team with Paul Dano and his off-screen girlfriend Zoe Kazan for this wordy romantic dramedy

By Anders Wright

After the success of Little Miss Sunshine, which earned a pair of Oscars and was enormously profitable at the box office, it’s surprising that co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris waited six years to release another film.

Wednesday, July 25,2012
Film

‘The Queen of Versailles’ reveals first-world problems

Lauren Greenfield’s documentary tops our rundown of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

There’s no place like home, especially when your home is 26,000 square feet. But that’s not big enough for Jackie and David Siegel, who are building a 90,000 square-foot home at the beginning of Lauren Greenfield’s new film The Queen of Versailles, which opens at Hillcrest Cinemas on Friday, July 27.

Wednesday, July 25,2012
Film

Todd Solondz makes a comeback

For creepy director, ‘Dark Horse’ marks a return to doing what he does best

By Anders Wright

Like most indie-film geeks from the ’80s and ’90s, I had a love affair with Todd Solondz. Welcome to the Dollhouse was refreshing, painful and funny, and his follow-up, Happiness, was cringe-inducing, uncomfortably amusing and absolutely fearless.