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Chris Smith

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Scientology, Winning! We Hear from the Church's #1 Student

    On Thursdays, Scientology's staff members race to get their statistics turned in by 2 pm, the end of their week. Here at the Voice, we do the same thing, rounding up the world's media on Scientology each Thursday and deciding whether the church has had an "upstat" or "downstat" week. [Go here for ou ... More >>

  • Film

    October 19, 2011

    Paranormal Activity 3

    On Thursdays, Scientology's staff members race to get their statistics turned in by 2 pm, the end of their week. Here at the Voice, we do the same thing, rounding up the world's media on Scientology each Thursday and deciding whether the church has had an "upstat" or "downstat" week. [Go here for ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    "Forcible Rape" Back to Just Regular "Rape" in House Bill

    ​The biggest problem in the House of Representatives at the moment is Chris Smith's "No Taxpayer for Abortion" Act, which seeks to limit women's choices in reproductive matters by doing things like banning federal funding for abortions in rape cases. Also an issue, though, was the bill's langu ... More >>

  • Theater

    September 1, 2010

    Abraham Lincoln's Big Gay Dance Party Queries U.S. History

    Part One of a two-part article about homosexual identity

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    NY Mag on the Paterson 'Weirdness' Factor

    Here's the nut graf from a mostly generous New York Magazine profile today on our embattled governor: "The only guarantee is a large helping of weirdness." That's not reporter Chris Smith talking, but the sum-up conclusion of his conversations with those who know David Paterson fairly well. Here's ... More >>

  • Film

    November 3, 2009

    Collapse a Return to Form for Chris Smith

    Here's the nut graf from a mostly generous New York Magazine profile today on our embattled governor: "The only guarantee is a large helping of weirdness." That's not reporter Chris Smith talking, but the sum-up conclusion of his conversations with those who know David Paterson fairly well. Here's ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 15, 2009

    Pedro Espada Plays Moneyball

    The new Senate majority leader heads straight for the bank

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Espada Missed Memorial for His Own Hero

    New York Magazine cover boy and state senate rascal Pedro Espada told reporter Chris Smith that one of his childhood heroes was late light heavyweight champion, Jose "Chegui" Torres. The legendary Torres, says Espada, taught him as a kid on the South Bronx streets to be a tough puncher and --more im ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2009

    Pedro Espada Gets the Full NY Mag Monty

    New York Magazine's Chris Smith cleverly managed to convince state senator Pedro Espada into letting him sit in as the pol plotted strategy in Albany with his cagey cadre of co-conspirators, and it makes for fascinating and revealing reading. Among those in the room with the rebel senate wrecker are ... More >>

  • Film

    September 3, 2008

    The Pool

    New York Magazine's Chris Smith cleverly managed to convince state senator Pedro Espada into letting him sit in as the pol plotted strategy in Albany with his cagey cadre of co-conspirators, and it makes for fascinating and revealing reading. Among those in the room with the rebel senate wrecker are ... More >>

  • Film

    September 3, 2008
  • Voice Choices

    August 27, 2008

    RED, WHITE, & WEIRD

    A view of America only Chris Smith could give

  • Film

    February 5, 2008

    The New American Realism

    Backed by producer Paul Mezey, a group of like-minded filmmakers work outside of the indie machine

  • NYC Life

    July 5, 2005

    Tropic of Awesome

    Hawaiian prints say it loud for summer

  • Screens

    March 15, 2005

    screens

    Hawaiian prints say it loud for summer

  • Art

    May 11, 2004

    Blotto, Meet Buzzed

    Way beyond tipsy: Are the spirits of abandon and concentration creeping back into art?

  • Film

    January 27, 2004

    Supersize Me

    Sundance docs: Board youth, iMacs, Big Macs and big mouths—who in Tarnation is next

  • News

    November 4, 2003

    The Inception Deception

    'Partial-Birth' Ploy Threatens Abortions, Forces Legal Challenges

  • News

    September 30, 2003

    Talking a Good Game

    And Then There's Bush's Record on Women and Children

  • Theater

    November 12, 2002

    Theater

    And Then There's Bush's Record on Women and Children

  • News

    September 3, 2002

    Taking the Lead, Again

    Feature Writers Rely on Old Tricks

  • News

    July 16, 2002

    Free Markets, Slavery, and Bush

    'Are You Living in This World, Mr. Kansteiner?'

  • Film

    April 30, 2002

    Blind Man's Bluff

    'Are You Living in This World, Mr. Kansteiner?'

  • Film

    April 9, 2002

    Bands of Outsiders

    'Are You Living in This World, Mr. Kansteiner?'

  • NYC Life

    March 5, 2002

    Faith No More

    'The Believer' Makes the Long Pilgrimage to the Silver Screen

  • Film

    July 17, 2001

    The Shooting Gallery, 1991–2001

    The Rise and Fall of an Indie Empire

  • Film

    May 22, 2001

    Jim McKay’s Dreams So Real

    High School Confidential

  • Specials

    January 16, 2001

    Letters

    High School Confidential

  • Theater

    November 23, 1999

    Hesterectomy

    High School Confidential

  • Film

    November 2, 1999

    Death Be Not Proud

    High School Confidential

  • Film

    October 5, 1999

    Natural Selection

    At a spotty indie showcase, less is more

  • News

    August 24, 1999

    The Last Picture Show

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Theater

    May 25, 1999

    Short Notice

    The optimist's guide to the Millennium's final fall-movie crop

  • Film

    February 9, 1999

    Slippery Slopes

    Sundance Takes a Tumble

  • News

    February 3, 1998

    Impeachment Fiends

    Congress's 'mean caucus' targets the president

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