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Bill Murray

  • Film

    May 23, 2012
  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Cannes Film Festival: Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom

    It's 1965, the rainy end of summer on the rocky, isle-strewn coast of New England. Sam (Jared Gelman), a scrawny, bespectacled outcast with an unusual aptitude for cartography, disappears from the Khaki Scout camp supervised by Scout Master Randy Ward (Edward Norton), absconding with a couple of bed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    RIP: Bert Sugar. Iconic Boxing Journalist Dead At 74

    ​The first feature I wrote for the Village Voice when I came to New York was a profile of Bert Randolph Sugar. It appeared in the May 3, 1983 issue. When it was published, I got a note from Sugar: "Not bad, but you violated one of the cardinal rules of journalism - you buried your lead. You didn' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Happy Groundhog Day! Here's All You Need to Know About Cooking the Critter (With a Recipe!)

    La Belle Province / FlickrHello, spring? More like hello, dinner.​Happy Groundhog Day! Not only is today the day that inspired Bill Murray's second greatest film ever, it's the day we get to find out whether we're going to have six more weeks of winter or if it'll be an early spring. But the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    It's Groundhog Day! It's Groundhog Day! It's...

    Yes, it is Groundhog Day again, which means that across the country, many small rodents are delivering their verdicts on whether we will have six more weeks of "winter." The most famous groundhog authority, Punxsutawney Phil, has seen his shadow and is reporting that we will indeed have six more w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2011

    The 'Serious Burger' at Cheeburger Cheeburger: Taste Test and an SNL Video

    ​The abridged version of the chain, at Newark's Terminal A National burger chains are flying into town and running up their numbers so fast, we can't keep up with them. One of the latest to arrive - along with Smashburger, Fatburger (which tried twice in the last two decades, failed, and is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Bill Murray Is Not Necessarily Loved By Everyone

    A new book called Low Budget Hell: Making Underground Movies With John Waters by writer/producer/production manager Robert Maier offers proof of that. Maier remembers when Bill Murray came aboard as the person to sing the "love theme" of John Waters's 1981 Odorama epic Polyester. "John was livid," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Q&A: Questlove on Winning Three Grammys, the Glory of Esperanza Spalding, and Having His Parties Closed Out By Bill Murray

    Grammy fresh. Photo via @questlove​You'd think between the tapings of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, being shuttled from to gig to gig, and freaking out at Prince concerts, it'd be hard to pin down Questlove for 15 minutes, but it was surprising painless. We caught up with the Roots' drummer an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Bill Murray Shoved a Stranger Over Football

    ​Legend has it that Bill Murray is a weirdo. In one version of the infamous, widespread Bill Murray story, a kid is in Manhattan's Union Square late one night when someone comes up behind him and covers his eyes. When he turns around to see who it is, he notices it's Murray, as in the famous a ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2010

    MAKE ME LAUGH

    All the comedic greats came from somewhere

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    The Faces of All Tomorrow's Parties New York 2010

    all photos by Per Billgren This past weekend in Monticello, New York the third annual All Tomorrow's Parties New York took place. Here are some snapshots of the people we met.

  • Voice Choices

    August 25, 2010

    TEAM ZISSOU

    Don the red cap in Red Hook

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2010

    WHISKEY A GO-GO

    Is it bad etiquette to get drunk at a store?

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Press Clips, Lunch Edition, Day 2: Are You a ProPublican, or a ProPublican't?

    ​Okay, second day of Press Clips. All killer, no filler. Here we go.

  • Film

    July 27, 2010

    Regrets, I've Had a Few: A Hermit's Pre-Death Funeral in Get Low

    ​Okay, second day of Press Clips. All killer, no filler. Here we go.

  • Voice Choices

    July 27, 2010

    FUNNY BUSINESS

    Get ready to laugh around the clock

  • Voice Choices

    July 27, 2010

    DUMPSTER DIVING

    Park Avenue's trashy pool scene

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    SNL's Men Get Films Careers, But the Women Don't

    ​Why is it only the male stars of Saturday Night Live who end up with the big movie careers? Flip back through the years, and think about it: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and tons more e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Video: Bill Murray, Reading Poetry to Construction Workers

    ​Here's a wonderful, pleasant way to start your morning: well-edited video of Bill Murray, reading poetry to the construction workers of Poets House, which, if you don't know (and many people don't!), is lower Manhattan's national poetry library. The video also has lovely music.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Six More Weeks of Winter, Says Rodent Oracle

    ​Punxsutawney Phil -- the groundhog who, like the Dalai Lama, is thought to be the incarnation of an ancient, mystical entity -- emerged in the Pennsylvania town for which he is named on the morning of the American Imbolc known to natives of the region as Groundhog Day and was seen to notice h ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2009

    FUNNY BUSINESS

    Improv's finest bring you a nonstop marathon of laughs

  • Voice Choices

    July 22, 2009

    WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

    Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, get back!

  • Voice Choices

    April 15, 2009

    COOL INTENTIONS

    Jim Jarmusch shows you clips from his new sure-to-be-awesome film

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    SUNN O))), Boris, and Earth Soundtrack Jim Jarmusch's Newest, Limits of Control

    The newest left-field, cool guy feathers in Jim Jarmusch's cap? SUNN O))), Boris, and Earth on the soundtrack to The Limits of Control, his new Bill Murray/Isaach De Bankolé/Gael García Bernal/Tilda Swinton-starring existential spy film, due in May. [Ideologic]

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    Mixtape Review for a More Perfect America: Young Dro's Black Boy White Boy

    Doing his small part to form a more perfect post-racial America, next-gen Atlanta up-and-comer Young Dro is taking the fight to Cate Blanchett with his new mixtape Black Boy White Boy. The rapper's revolutionary philosophy of black dudes wearing scarves is set up nicely by the mixtape's cover: Dro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Runnin' Scared Approves Bill Murray's Midnight Raids

    Doing his small part to form a more perfect post-racial America, next-gen Atlanta up-and-comer Young Dro is taking the fight to Cate Blanchett with his new mixtape Black Boy White Boy. The rapper's revolutionary philosophy of black dudes wearing scarves is set up nicely by the mixtape's cover: Dro ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 23, 2008

    NO SLOPPY SECOND

    Chi-town comics are first-rate

  • Voice Choices

    August 19, 2008

    IT’S FISCHER!

    Catch Wes Anderson’s very best

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008
  • Columns

    July 26, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Catch Wes Anderson’s very best

  • Film

    July 26, 2005

    The Life Quixotic

    Have son, will travel: Murray's sad-sack Don Juan stoically confronts the autumnal dead end

  • Film

    May 17, 2005

    On Golden Palme

    Have son, will travel: Murray's sad-sack Don Juan stoically confronts the autumnal dead end

  • Film

    May 17, 2005

    Historical Oversight

    Desensitized to Cronenberg's 'Violence', jury anoints Dardennes over Jarmusch and von Trier

  • Film

    November 30, 2004

    That Sinking Feeling

    The old man and the sea: Bill Murray weathers a midlife crisis in a dawdling big-fish story

  • Film

    June 8, 2004

    Film

    The old man and the sea: Bill Murray weathers a midlife crisis in a dawdling big-fish story

  • Film

    March 30, 2004

    The Tao of Bill

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Columns

    January 6, 2004

    NY Mirror

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • News

    December 23, 2003

    365 Days Later

    The Other of Invention

  • News

    December 23, 2003

    Lost in America

    Bill Murray's Star Vehicle, Gus Van Sant's Double Comeback, and the Year of the Documentary

  • Music

    November 4, 2003

    Music

    Bill Murray's Star Vehicle, Gus Van Sant's Double Comeback, and the Year of the Documentary

  • Columns

    September 16, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Bill Murray's Star Vehicle, Gus Van Sant's Double Comeback, and the Year of the Documentary

  • Film

    September 9, 2003

    After Sunset

    Coppola's Camera Karaokes Through Tokyo and Finds Bill Murray Singing Roxy Music

  • Film

    August 7, 2001

    Secrete Agents

    Coppola's Camera Karaokes Through Tokyo and Finds Bill Murray Singing Roxy Music

  • Film

    December 26, 2000

    Dennis Lim's Top 10

    Coppola's Camera Karaokes Through Tokyo and Finds Bill Murray Singing Roxy Music

  • Film

    November 7, 2000

    Untouched by an Angel

    Bachelor Father Knows Best

  • Film

    November 7, 2000

    Eternal Return

    Bachelor Father Knows Best

  • Film

    February 9, 1999

    Artists and Models

    Bachelor Father Knows Best

  • Columns

    February 2, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Why the resistance to Cher's single? One insider told me, 'American radio doesn't go for older artists.' Perhaps they'd like some of her boyfriends.

  • Columns

    January 12, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Definitely honor-free will be Joseph Fiennes for Shakespeare (sorry, but the Bard didn't look like Rob Lowe).

  • Screens

    December 29, 1998

    Comfort and Joy

    Season's Greetings From Ted, Drew, and That Kid With His Tongue Stuck to the Pole

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