We could have stopped caring years ago. Somewhere between Encore (2004) and Relapse (2009), our memory would've waned to the point where Em didn't really matter anymore. Yet, in 2013, it's been confirmed that a full-length album will be released post-Memorial Day along with some tour dates, and we'r ... More >>
The child-model-turned-sex-kitten-turned-great-actress, an Oscar nominee for Looking For Mr. Goodbar, has always had a tangled relationship with fame. In the 1960s, she turned down Bonnie and Clyde because, "Do you think I want a success?" (And also, more sensibly, she was nursing at the time.) Sh ... More >>
If Mitt Romney won't tell you which need to be closed, we will
I've seen almost everything this season except Magic/Bird--which to me sounds like a wildlife puppet show, and it's quite possible that's what it is--and I'm ready to tell you who will definitely maybe probably almost get Tony nominated tomorrow morning. Here goes: BEST PLAY *Clybourne Park *Othe ... More >>
Sexual reassignment surgery has gone on at On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, the 1965 Alan Jay Lerner/Burton Lane musical about a gal with ESP whose grief-stricken psychiatrist is obsessed with the gal's past-life persona, Melinda. In this version -- with a rethought book by Peter Parnell and dir ... More >>
This week in the Voice, out today: Camille Dodero's cover story tells the wild tale of Wheelchair Sports Camp, a hip-hop trio (or as they call it, "krip-hop") from Colorado who raised money through Kickstarter to come play CMJ. Wheelchair Sports Camp's frontwoman, Kalyn Heffernan, is a disabl ... More >>
Timberlake, representing the 99 percent
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 10, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 32 Where have all the hipsters gone? By Bill Amidon What's going on around here? Where the hell is everybody? I've been living in the West and East Villages for the past 13 years and I'v known a gang of ... More >>
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 20, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 34 Film in Focus By Andrew Sarris President Richard M. Nixon may not be quite the cinephile his recent press notices would seem to suggest. Or so we are led to believe by a recent Variety follow-up to the ... More >>
"Trust me. This is gonna be huge in like a hundred years."DARK AGES 1355: Necrophilia invented; dating scene flourishes RENAISSANCE 1474: Lorenzo de Medici first and last man to get laid at Renaissance fair
"We rob banks."Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>
Go behind bars at Film Forum
Melville's noir at Film Forum, plus Afro-punk at BAM and more
Dean and Britta get a little sexier (and nervier) on their first round of post-Luna duets
Joanna Newsom is nobody's pixie, sprite, bear, fairy, or folk freak
Indie road movie takes an adventure out of time
Precocious kids and old joys at 35th annual showcase of up-and-coming directors
White trash + lesbian + prostitute + serial killer = Oscar?
An almost grown-up Tim Burton buys a pack of Spielbergian lieshook, line, and stinker
Politics, pop culture, popcorn: Hoberman screens the '60s
Yee-Haw Meets Yoruba at the Southern White Boy Blues-Rap and Soul-Country Crossroads
Erin Cosgrove's 'Romance Novel' Mixes Anarchist Dingbats with Fabio Fabulousness
Terrorists in Retirement
Upstanding Suburban Citizen Eminem Sets the Fatherhood Standard
Anthony Jones Upholds the Legend of Puff Daddys Bodyguard
