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You'd be forgiven for thinking that Olivier Assayas has a thing for the '70s. Following Carlos (2010), his six-hour, Golden Globe-winning miniseries about the decade's most...
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As auteurist demigods go, Roberto Rossellini is still tough to nail down—there's the neorealist Rossellini, the wrestling-adulterously-with-Ingrid-Bergman Rossellini,...
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Being perennially suspicious of authority, director William Friedkin is fascinated by the myth of fraternal community. This is apparent throughout Friedkin's '70s output, a...
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If you plant your feet on the ground and imagine burrowing straight down through crust and magma and then right through the Earth’s center and out the other...
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A cherry-tree leaf is fried to a sheer crackle. It conceals a single flowering fern, clipped before it could unfurl, snap peas, and a three-headed bloom of broccolini, all...
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It was back in 1995 that a modest restaurant in Flushing drew the attention of the city's proto-foodies to Shanghai cooking by astonishing them with a dumpling. But this was...
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Despite what its title suggests, Daniel Algrant's new drama, Greetings from Tim Buckley, concerns itself less with salutations than pointed farewells, the singer-songwriter...
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Three obstinate females—one fictional and two historical—dominated my theatergoing last week. Tenacious women make great showy roles for leading actresses, and...
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A new musical about Alzheimer’s disease? If you harbor suspicions that the musical, an all-American dramatic form, skews toward sentimentality, The Memory Show won't...
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Nick Vaughn and Jake Margolin’s A Marriage has modest ambitions. The two conceptual/performance artists, married in 2008, want viewers to contemplate gay marriage, queer...
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Experimental choreographer-performer Jack Ferver loves to make movies his own. His past works have been inspired by films such as Return to Oz, Cleopatra, and Black Swan (for...
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When Too $hort, the Oakland legend who started hustling tapes way back in 1983, first performed in New York City, he was almost booed off the stage. Things done changed, of...
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After the huge success of Michael Musto’s ’70s Disco Extravaganza in the basement of Studio 54 a few months ago, we knew no one would let him get away without an...
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In what is becoming a nice complement to Record Store Day at the city’s music shops each April, the semiannual Brooklyn Flea Record Fair returns today to East River...
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We recommend that you start lining up now for the Bust Magazine Spring Craftacular: The first 300 attendees get a free reusable tote bag full of “crafty swag” from...
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“The mythical lie of Cannibal Ferox was an alibi created to justify the greed and cruelty of the conquistadores,” preaches the young anthropologist as she and her...
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On Saturday, our friends at Mex in the City along with DJs Uproot Andy and Geko Jones of Que Bajo? present the Cinco de Gallo party with Niña Dioz and Los Master Plus....
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The 2013 TD Five Boro Bike Tour is the biggest bike ride in the U.S. More than 32,000 cyclists ride 40 miles over five bridges with absolutely no worry about cars, and more...
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Want more than guac and chips?At the Luncha Libre: Thrillist Taco Knockout, chefs serve up creative tacos, while guests participate in tastings, a DIY hot sauce station, and a...
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Before indulging in tequila and tacos, shape up at the Cinco de Mayo 5K, and compete for a chance to win a trip to Mexico or Puerto Rico.
Sun., May 5, 11 a.m., 2013