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Three-Arch Monte: President Donald Trump shows off variously sized models of his proposed triumphal arch.

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250 Years = 250 Feet: Trump’s Desire for a Bigly Arch Echoes Megalomaniacs of the Past

by R.C. Baker

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Afrika Bambaataa Gave Voice to Music ‘Never Heard Before’

by Steven Hager

This 1787 print satirizes the Queen of England, the Prince of Wales, and King George III gorging themselves at the British Treasury, filling their craws with gold at the expense of everyday citizens. George III had lost the American colonies a few years earlier and was showing growing signs of madness, which would see him descend into dementia for the last 10 years of his reign —  proving it’s never too early to get rid of royal wannabes.

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No Kings: Show Up for Truth, Justice, and the American Way

by Laura Bell

Love your mother: This Sunday, gather in Union Square to celebrate the only planet we got.

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Jumpstart Your Earth Day Vibes at Union Square

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Afrika Bambaataa Gave Voice to Music ‘Never Heard Before’

by Steven Hager

Straphangers: Director Joseph Sargent (center, with glasses) and cinematographer Owen Roizman prepare a close-up of a commuter having a very bad day in “The Taking of Pelham 123.”

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‘Cinematic Immunity’ Covers the Artistry – and Insane Derring-Do – of Location Shooting in NYC

by R.C. Baker

The wages of colonialism: a still from “The Battle of Algiers” (1966).

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When the Pentagon Screened ‘The Battle of Algiers’

by Michael Atkinson

Three-Arch Monte: President Donald Trump shows off variously sized models of his proposed triumphal arch.

History Bites

250 Years = 250 Feet: Trump’s Desire for a Bigly Arch Echoes Megalomaniacs of the Past

by R.C. Baker

Straphangers: Director Joseph Sargent (center, with glasses) and cinematographer Owen Roizman prepare a close-up of a commuter having a very bad day in “The Taking of Pelham 123.”

VOICE CHOICE

‘Cinematic Immunity’ Covers the Artistry – and Insane Derring-Do – of Location Shooting in NYC

by R.C. Baker

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The wages of colonialism: a still from “The Battle of Algiers” (1966).

SEVEN DECADES

When the Pentagon Screened ‘The Battle of Algiers’

by Michael Atkinson

Originally published: December 30, 2003

Last Monkee standing: Micky Dolenz — seen here on the far right during the filming of “Head.” in 1968, with bandmates, from left to right, Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, and Peter Tork — is still touring at age 80.

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Whose Head is That? The Movie That Almost Ended the Monkees

by R.C. Baker

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The Charlie Brown Christmas special just kills it.

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What Would Pope Francis Think? The Peanuts Gang Celebrates 50 Years of That ‘Big Eastern Syndicate’

by R.C. Baker

Originally published: November 24, 2015

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Village Voice obituary of Jules Feiffer.

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