Movies
Before reading the article on “Ghosts of Mississippi,” I had been looking forward to seeing the film about Medgar Evers’ murder and his family’s 30-year struggle for justice (“Waking the Ghosts,” by Sean Mitchell, Dec. 15).
Dec. 22, 1996
Music
The Polyphonic Spree “Together We’re Heavy” (Hollywood) *** 1/2 The opening song, “We Sound Amazed,” has a reference to a “new religion.”
July 11, 2004
“Ghosts of Mississippi” starts by insisting “This story is true,” words that tend to be a prelude to a frustrating film experience.
Dec. 20, 1996
World & Nation
Twenty-seven years after her husband’s death, Myrlie Evers believes that divine intervention may help resolve one of the most notorious and pivotal slayings of the Civil Rights era.
Jan. 16, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
Polyphonic Spree has 22 members in white robes singing upbeat songs. Are they really this sunny?
Aug. 2, 2003
Archives
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN OF THE JURY: Greatest Closing Arguments in Modern Law. Edited by Michael S. Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell and Ben Bycel (Scribner: 400 pp., $26)
July 12, 1998
Once again, Hollywood attempts to tell a story stemming from the civil rights era, and once again controversy is surely ensuing.
Dec. 15, 1996
The new movie “Ghosts of Mississippi” has significance beyond the content of Sean Mitchell’s article (“Waking the Ghosts,” Dec. 15).
Jan. 5, 1997
Autos
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. was sanctioned by a Mississippi judge for withholding documents and misleading the court in a wrongful-death lawsuit.
Aug. 1, 2002
SPIRITUAL exhaustion is never a pretty thing -- especially when suffered by the frontman of a 24-piece symphonic pop group known for lyrically jubilant, orchestrally sweeping songs as well as for dressing in flowing multicolored robes.
Sept. 3, 2006