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Spike Lee’s Rivalry with Spielberg Continues with an All-black WWII Infantrynew
As another example of Lee settling scores, it ruins its own premise by attempting to out-do Saving Private Ryan.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-25-2008 |
Reviews
Brooklyn-based Singer Maiysha Refuses to Dumb It Downnew
Though she participated in numerous school musicals -- she was the lead in a production of The Wiz when she was 12 -- her musical career didn't truly begin until after she graduated from Sarah Lawrence, where she studied vocal performance, creative writing and race and gender studies.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Maiysha, This Much is True
Reunited Beachwood Sparks Burn Brighter Than Evernew
Hiatuses, as it turns out, sometimes fade as well, and when your former label asks really nicely whether you'd be interested in getting the old band back together to help celebrate its 20th birthday, those initial catalysts for dissolution sometimes seem less clear.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
09-11-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
I Watched My Ex-boyfriend Pork a Fem-botnew
Of course, I had seen him have sex before, so how different could it be? He agreed, so we set a date. The following week, I brought over his new robotic girlfriend, stuffed in the kind of silver briefcase you would normally see full of unmarked bills or bags of blow.
New York Press |
Laura Leu |
09-11-2008 |
Tech
Too Bad Diane English's 'The Women' Remake is So Difficult to Watchnew
English's modern sarcasm is why The Women fails.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-11-2008 |
Reviews
Alan Ball's 'Towelhead' is Predictably All Wetnew
Towelhead is the worst movie of its kind since Little Children.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-11-2008 |
Reviews
The Coen Brothers' Love of Idiosyncrasy is at Its Best in This America-skewering Farcenew
Burn After Reading is a pie-in-the-face comedy. You don't know what hit you until it's over.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-11-2008 |
Reviews
What Dehydration Can Do at Burning Mannew
Whereas other Burners built elaborate shade structures, we had a couple tents and a tarp stretched over our station wagon’s trunk.
New York Press |
Joshua M. Bernstein |
09-04-2008 |
Concerts
Aaron Parks Seeks a Nu Piano Groovenew
As a member of Brooklyn's "Nu Jazz" movement, Seattle-born Parks seeks to reclaim the spontaneity that was characteristic of the Miles Davis–led cool-jazz era with his new album.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
09-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Boys of 'Entourage' are Back in Action, Almostnew
In the season opener of Entourage, Vinnie Chase finds himself in jail--a free-floating party jail with joints by the fist-load, gorgeous girls at the ready and, as always, the loyal buddies who follow him everywhere--this time behind the figurative bars of Hollywood prison.
New York Press |
David Blum |
09-04-2008 |
TV
Chris Eska's 'August Evening' Ponders the Troubled Assimilation of Illegal Immigrantsnew
With a healthy dose of good intentions, the film has the fine-tuned backbone of an observant family drama.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
A New Rom-com Tries to Convince Us That We Want to Be Italiannew
If a movie is written and directed by a man married to an Italian woman, is the use of jaw-dropping stereotypes acceptable?
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Chad Allen and Judith Light Present Conflicted Sexuality with Originalitynew
Save Me's title is both a secular and spiritual plea from people with no control over their emotional lives. This wide-ranging understanding is what makes Robert Cary's gay-themed movie interesting. It’s neither a problem nor a protest movie.
New York Press |
Armond White |
09-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert Cary, Save Me
Radioactive Brooklynnew
Radioactive waste has existed in Williamsburg for decades, but thanks to gentrification, its half-life may be up.
New York Press |
Sarah Clyne Sundberg |
09-04-2008 |
Environment
Jason Statham is Hollywood’s Last Action Hero Because of His B-movie Statusnew
Statham's not just the latest big-screen badass; he's come to stand for quality product.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
