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  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    James "Whitey" Bulger: 25 Things You Should Know About the Captured Boston Irish Mob Legend

    Free Whitey! (Just kidding.)After Osama bin Laden's death, James "Whitey" Bulger was the Most Wanted Man in America. Then after 16 years on the run, the mythological South Boston ex-con was caught yesterday in California. Jack Nicholson's character in The Departed was loosely based on Whitey, in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Burt Lancaster In Drag!

    ​When I ran my stunning montage of male actors in drag yesterday, I asked if anyone had a shot of Burt Lancaster in 1952's The Crimson Pirate, a novelty image which Christian Freedom had alerted me to. Well, Gregory Moore came through. Burt is much prettier here than he was in The Birdman of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2009

    Weekend Special: The Food-Related Murals of San Francisco's Coit Tower

    ​Coit Tower was built by the City of San Francisco atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 in the Art Deco style. It was funded by a bequest from heiress Lillie Hitchcock Coit. The tower offers panoramic views of the entire city, from the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island on the north, to Twin Peaks ... More >>

  • Film

    February 18, 2009

    Guy Debord Mini-Fest and the Rest of the Retro Lineup Carry Film Comment Selects

    ​Coit Tower was built by the City of San Francisco atop Telegraph Hill in 1933 in the Art Deco style. It was funded by a bequest from heiress Lillie Hitchcock Coit. The tower offers panoramic views of the entire city, from the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island on the north, to Twin Peaks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Patrick McGoohan, 1928-2009

    He is best known as Number Six on "The Prisoner," the Orwellian Brit show about a character based on the spy McGoohan had played in his previous series, "Danger Man," but much, much more brooding. Mysteriously transplanted to a sinisterly shiny-happy colony, he was constantly trying to escape, som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2008

    Dave Pajo Profanely Proves His Metalness

    He is best known as Number Six on "The Prisoner," the Orwellian Brit show about a character based on the spy McGoohan had played in his previous series, "Danger Man," but much, much more brooding. Mysteriously transplanted to a sinisterly shiny-happy colony, he was constantly trying to escape, som ... More >>

  • Film

    May 16, 2006

    Third Degree

    The X-Men survive explosions, a threat to mutant rights, and Brett Ratner

  • Film

    February 14, 2006

    'Trudell'

    The X-Men survive explosions, a threat to mutant rights, and Brett Ratner

  • NYC Life

    December 6, 2005

    Behind the Bar

    Talking with Tanya Dias, a Reif's Tavern bartender

  • Film

    September 16, 2003

    They Stand Alone

    John Frankenheimer's Lone Heroes Confront Communists, the French, and Themselves

  • Music

    February 12, 2002

    Too Filmy to Describe

    Even Without Props, Ingram Marshall Creates Ecstasy

  • Film

    December 11, 2001

    That Puerto Rican Swing

    If They Could Be Like Mikey...

  • Film

    May 2, 2000

    Up, Out, and Away

    If They Could Be Like Mikey...

  • Books

    December 1, 1998

    God of the Rodeo

    If They Could Be Like Mikey...

  • Film

    September 29, 1998

    Flash of the Titans

    Previewing the 36th New York Film Festival

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