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The plots thicken

9/11 Truthers, Tea Parties, Birthers — conspiracy is in the air. No wonder Hollywood is embracing paranoia.
Eight years after the destruction of the World Trade Center — the result of one of the most devastatingly successful conspiracies in history — Americans still take comfort in paranoia.
By: PETER KEOUGH  |  September 11, 2009
 

Arts

Have a nice future
Blake Butler rains gravel and glass
Play by play: September 11, 2009
Victorian jewel
A fictional setting that never fades

Food

J.M.P. International Foods
An Indian food-court stall delivers the home-style goods
Tupelo
A sweet convergence of Cajun comfort and perfect pies

Life

Bear Arms
 Hoopleville
Bread Town
Big Fat Whale
Photos: King Richard's Faire 2009
King Richard's Faire in Carver
Storied treasures
Arts and Crap Dept.
The oracle has spoken
Reality Check
Thoughts while waiting for an Orange Line train
Failure
Victory for Glenn Beck?
Idiot Box
Where everybody knows its name
J.J. Foley's Celebrates its 100th

Movies

Interview: RJ Cutler
Bringing vérité to Vogue
Interview: Uli Edel
The Baader Meinhof Complex director talks about terror and glamour
Monster man and more
James Whale at the HFA
Review: 9
Shane Acker expands his short
Review: All About Steve
They should have called it "There's Something Insane About Mary"
Review: Betty Blue, The Director's Cut
Well-remembered arthouse film gains an extra hour
Review: Gamer
It's a bit tough to swallow
Review: The Baader Meinhof Complex
Terrorism made simple in Uli Edel's Complex
Review: The September Issue
An eye-opening, highly satisfying fashion documentary
The plots thicken
9/11 Truthers, Tea Parties, Birthers — conspiracy is in the air. No wonder Hollywood is embracing paranoia.
Willy Wonka in Smellovision
Scent of the Times

Music

Band of outsiders
The Beatings are at home under the radar
Better all the time
Get these Beatles reissues into your life
Fly by night?
Fruit Bats aren't a Shins side project
More than guitar
Julian Lage's talent isn't just in his fingers

Music Continued

Photo: Cymbals Eat Guitars at Middle East Downstairs
Cymbals Eat Guitars, live at the Middle East Downstairs, September 5, 2009.
Photos: Mos Def and Talib Kweli
Mos Def and Talib Kweli, live at House of Blues, September 8, 2009
Photos: Televandals at Great Scott
Televandals, live at The Great Scott on September 4, 2009
Photos: The Killers at TD Garden
The Killers, live at TD Banknorth Garden, September 4, 2009
Photos: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, live at the Middle East Downstairs, September 5, 2009
Review: David Dallas | Something Awesome
Dirty Management (2009)
Review: Jesse Fuller | Move on Down the Line
Fledg'ling (2009)
Review: Polvo | In Prism
Merge (2009)
Review: The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker | Burn It Down
OuttaSight (2009)
Review: Whitney Houston | I Look to You
Arista (2009)
Review: Wild Beasts | Two Dancers
Domino (2009)
The Big Hurt: Don't look back in anger
The best of times with the worst of bands

News

Blowhard, interrupted
If Curt Schilling runs for Senate, will he keep his sports-media perch?
Freeloading free stater?
Letters to the Boston editor, September 11, 2009
Menino's 50-Percent Solution
The incumbent mayor is going to cruise through the upcoming preliminary. So why does his campaign seem to be taking it so seriously?
Merchants of death
Wall Street's latest bad idea. Plus, where the health debate will likely go.
Photos: Boston in the 70s, Part 8
The last installment of Boston in the 70s slideshows on protests and rallies
Remembering 9-11
Eight years later

RecRoom

America's scam
Eugene Lockhart funds his own buyout. Plus, why do pro athletes hate cabbies?
Crossword: ''Tune in, drop out''
Who needs high school?
Game Review: The Beatles: Rock Band
Don't meet the Beatles — be them
Interview: Glenn Howerton
On hitting the road with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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