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John Landis

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Live: Howlin Rain Roll Through Brooklyn Bowl

    Howlin Rain Brooklyn Bowl Wednesday, February 8 Better than: Any California jamband since Garcia died. A great rock guitarist needs a signature affectation. Ethan Miller's happens to be an abrupt upstrum that, combined with a backward stagger, probably makes him something of an onstage hazard to ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 23, 2011

    ¡Three Amigos!

    Howlin Rain Brooklyn Bowl Wednesday, February 8 Better than: Any California jamband since Garcia died. A great rock guitarist needs a signature affectation. Ethan Miller's happens to be an abrupt upstrum that, combined with a backward stagger, probably makes him something of an onstage hazard to ... More >>

  • Film

    September 7, 2011

    The Spineless Grave Robbing Black Comedy We Deserve in Burke and Hare

    Howlin Rain Brooklyn Bowl Wednesday, February 8 Better than: Any California jamband since Garcia died. A great rock guitarist needs a signature affectation. Ethan Miller's happens to be an abrupt upstrum that, combined with a backward stagger, probably makes him something of an onstage hazard to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Q&A With DJ Quik: "I Still Got My Talent. That's Not Going Anywhere."

    ​DJ Quik is feeling jovial. He's in New York for a pair of shows at the Knitting Factory and an appearance on Jimmy Fallon, all on the back of his masterful 2011 record The Book Of David. David isn't just the rap record of the year; it's one of the most accomplished albums in his far-too-long ... More >>

  • Film

    February 2, 2011

    American Grindhouse Traces the Lineage of Cheapjack Cinematic Slop

    ​DJ Quik is feeling jovial. He's in New York for a pair of shows at the Knitting Factory and an appearance on Jimmy Fallon, all on the back of his masterful 2011 record The Book Of David. David isn't just the rap record of the year; it's one of the most accomplished albums in his far-too-long ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2010

    When Foods Attack...Celebrities! Paula Deen Hit by Ham and More

    ​The strange case of Home Shopping Network Host Claire Champlin being attacked by a watermelon reminds us that foods are not just for nourishment -- they can also serve as dangerous weapons. Recently, heartthrob Justin Bieber was hit by a water bottle as he performed onstage, which seemingly c ... More >>

  • Film

    June 8, 2010

    Joan Rivers, Can We Talk?

    There's got to be more to this piece of work

  • Film

    October 27, 2009

    Michael Jackson Documentary, Redux: This Is It

    King of pop, meet the man who made High School Musical

  • News

    August 18, 2009

    Quentin Tarantino: The Inglourious Basterds Interview

    Two decades after the severed ear of Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino serves up Hitler's head on a plate

  • Film

    August 11, 2009

    The Briskly Vulgar The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

    Two decades after the severed ear of Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino serves up Hitler's head on a plate

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    From the Voice Archives: Robert Christgau on the Mass Culture Spectacle of Michael Jackson in 1984

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Thursday Is Officially 'Thriller' Night

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2008

    Thursday

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2008

    Darkness Falls Across the Land

    In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

  • Film

    March 4, 2008

    J'Entends Plus la Guitare: Nico Remembered

    Phillippe Garrel's Relationship Memoir is Perfectly in Tune

  • Film

    September 25, 2007

    Filming the Merchant of Venom

    John Landis talks about his subject, Don Rickles, and some other putz

  • Film

    August 22, 2006

    'Beerfest'

    John Landis talks about his subject, Don Rickles, and some other putz

  • Film

    February 28, 2006

    Some Kind of Horror Show

    John Landis talks about his subject, Don Rickles, and some other putz

  • Film

    November 22, 2005

    Dante's Inferno

    A horror movie brings out the zombie vote to protest Bush's war

  • Film

    July 19, 2005

    'Edgar G. Ulmer—The Man Off-Screen'

    A detour through the enigmatic life of a B-movie king

  • NYC Life

    April 26, 2005

    Film

    A detour through the enigmatic life of a B-movie king

  • Art

    June 1, 2004

    Used Cars 'R Us: Wheeling and Dealing in the Lemon Trade

    A detour through the enigmatic life of a B-movie king

  • Theater

    February 4, 2003

    Old Tales Retangled

    'Fifth' Still Has Kick, but 'Kimberly' Is All Akimbo

  • Film

    March 19, 2002

    His Life as a Dog

    'Fifth' Still Has Kick, but 'Kimberly' Is All Akimbo

  • Film

    May 9, 2000

    Screen Test

    World’s Hardest Movie Quiz 2000

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