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Anna Faris Unfolds Her Talent With a Sexy Romp But She Deserves Betternew
Anna Faris might be the funniest American comic actress since Goldie Hawn.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Satisfy Your Prurient Interest By Seeing 'Young People Fucking'new
And despite its smugly vulgar title, Young People Fucking is a smart and funny look at how people react under extreme sexual pressure.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Martin Gero, Young People Fucking
Lykke Li Feels Your Pain and Then Somenew
You're arriving late to this Swede's party.
New York Press |
Christine Werthman |
08-29-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Lykke Li, Youth Novels
Reggae Legend Burning Spear Shines on New Disc, Tournew
When you start out with Bob Marley as your mentor, great things can’t help but follow.
New York Press |
Ernest Barteldes |
08-29-2008 |
Reviews
New Roman Polanski Bio Goes for Glitz, Not Glorynew
Christopher Sandford's Polanski: A Biography may inspire that peculiar twinge of uber-humility that occasions tales of paraplegic mountain climbers and crack babies metamorphosed into Harvard grads. It's hard to call what the average Jarek does "living" when you stack it next to the full-color epic of Polanski.
New York Press |
Felicia Feaster |
08-29-2008 |
Nonfiction
American Comics and the Jews that Love Themnew
The most powerful aspect of Jews and American Comics is not Paul Buhle's writing, but rather his selection of work from some of the medium’s most notable creators, which often paints a more complete cross-section of the subject matter than his sometimes-rushed text.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
08-25-2008 |
Nonfiction
Margaret Cho: An All-American Girl Returns to the Small Screennew
Rounding up her family and friends, Cho decided to create a show where the situations were planned in advance, based on stories from her stand-up routine, but all of the lines were ad-libbed a la Curb Your Enthusiasm.
New York Press |
Adam Rathe |
08-25-2008 |
TV
Brooklyn's Coolest Lifeguards Say Good-bye to McCarren Poolnew
The sun, alas, is about to set on yet another magical New York City music venue. For the past three summers, New York's largest (and emptiest) pool has been a host to rock bands, slip-and-sliders, dodgeballers and hula-hoopers—a veritable indie-rock wonderland.
New York Press |
Brian Heater |
08-25-2008 |
Concerts
A Byrne-ing Sensationnew
After decades of pushing the boundaries of how pop music (and music in general) can be defined, David Byrne and Brian Eno have performed the only shock maneuver remaining to them: turning tail and running from the avant-garde.
New York Press |
Jamie Peck |
08-25-2008 |
Reviews
Patrick Creadon's Chilling Doc Proves the Economy is About to Implodenew
For a topic as inherently boring as economics, Creadon (who accomplished something similar with his doc Wordplay) has managed a creditable job of keeping our attention throughout I.O.U.S.A.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
08-25-2008 |
Reviews
Azazel Jacobs Candidly Shares His Family's Quirks in a Docudramanew
Azazel is son of the experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs, yet this movie expresses awe for his mother, Flo.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-25-2008 |
Reviews
The Walkmen Survive the Chinatown Bus to Create the Year's Best Albumnew
With band members and practice spaces in New York and Philadelphia, nearly every day of the week required half of the band to make the trip while recording the new record, You & Me.
New York Press |
Jonny Leather |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Vintage Dance-punk Band The Faint Still has the Movesnew
The Faint's fifth full-length release, Fasciinatiion, stands as a study in taking over the means of production—and at the same time, wrestling with the vagaries of technology.
New York Press |
Amre Klimchak |
08-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Why Sexual and Character Ambiguity Don't Mix in 'A Girl Cut in Two'new
What makes Claude Chabrol's A Girl Cut in Two (2007) so trying is not that it's unsure of what it wants to be, but rather that it refuses to decide.
New York Press |
Simon Abrams |
08-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Claude Chabrol, A Girl Cut in Two
The New Star Wars Film Would have Made a Better Video Gamenew
The animation in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Dave Filoni's completely unnecessary but somewhat entertaining addition to the ever-growing Star Wars prequel franchise, looks perfect. Too perfect.
New York Press |
Simon Abrams |
08-18-2008 |
Reviews
