Erin Brockovich

Toxic Town: Contamination in Somerville Schools

Residents File Their Own Suit Against Treatment Plant

Less than a month ago, Houston City Council members responded to an avalanche of complaints about explosions and sickening smells coming from a CES Environmental Services Inc. waste treatment plant in southeast Houston and decided to sue the company under nuisance laws in an attempt to remove the fa ... More >>

Toxic Town

Talk of the Town

Toxic Town: Cancer and Birth Defects in Somerville

In Somerville, chances are far better than normal that you will die of cancer or give birth to a deformed baby

Michael Clayton

Watch your back, Grisham: Michael Clayton's no ordinary legal thriller

Mail Call

Woodwind Lakes Edition

Valley of the Dolls

Steven Soderbergh's Bubble bursts over a sleepy Midwestern town

Closer to Fine

Urban savages wage war over sex in Mike Nichols's dreadfully funny new film

Bye-Bye Bongs?

Tubing without beer bongs? Why?

Couples Therapy

No pillow talk, no scoop

Full Frontal Assault

Soderbergh shoots in digital and hits his target: Hollywood

Buyers' Remorse

The Cohns say their builder ripped them off with a poorly built home that became infested with mold. They've joined other Texas homeowners who want a lemon law passed just for houses.

Kane Mutiny

The industry's initial reaction to Welles's masterwork should serve as a lesson to WorldFest filmmakers

A Tangled Web

Along Came a Spider's flimsy plot survives only because of its many cheats

Damning with Faint Praise

Keanu Reeves, the low-wattage movie star, somehow makes Sweet November easier to watch

Dumb and Dumbest

Saving Silverman takes Hollywood's juvenile craze to a new low

War Games

With Traffic, Steven Soderbergh takes an unblinking look at America's drug policies

Better in Pairs

Generally a letdown, the year in film offered some well-crafted works that are best viewed as double features

Hitting Below the Belt

Karyn Kusama's Girlfight looks to assume power by emasculating men

Turning Japanese

Forest Whitaker brings an adopted honor code to the streets in Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog

Boob Job

Julia Roberts and her cleavage fight social injustice in Erin Brockovich