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    January 31, 2011

    Kubrick, Peckinpah, Dirty Harry and John Wayne: 1972 Cinema Awash in Ultra Violence!

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 10, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 6 films in focus By Andrew Sarris The subject of violence has been so persistently debated and so pretentiously demonstrated in recent movies that reviewers are beginning to sound more like revivalists ... More >>

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    January 26, 2011

    Malcolm McDowell and Anthony Burgess Talk 'Clockwork Orange'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 20, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 3 A pain in the gullivar By Arthur Bell The star of the hottest sinny in town came to town last week for a bit of promo on the old telly, and it was a case of clockwork orange, American style, wherein t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Dustin Hoffman, Rue McClanahan, Austin Pendleton -- It's Obies 1970!

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 28, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 22 29 'Obies' Awarded For 1969-1970 Season The 15th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway awards were presented Monday night at the Village Gate. More than 500 guests gathered to applaud the 29 winners of the 196 ... More >>

  • Film

    August 18, 2010

    All Talk: Eric Rohmer Lives On

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 28, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 22 29 'Obies' Awarded For 1969-1970 Season The 15th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway awards were presented Monday night at the Village Gate. More than 500 guests gathered to applaud the 29 winners of the 196 ... More >>

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    March 2, 2010

    Sex in Bathrooms and Other Celebrity Blind Items!

    Your one-stop shopping spot for the finest in blind gossip.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Critics on Jude Law's Hamlet: Overall, Less Than Kind

    ​Jude Law's Hamlet at the Broadhurst Theater -- perhaps aided, publicity-wise, by his recently-revealed, alleged love child -- is a big deal. The Times' Ben Brantley says Law "approaches his role with the focus, determination and adrenaline level of an Olympic track competitor staring down an ... More >>

  • Film

    September 1, 2009

    Suspiria Shock: Two Runs in Two Weeks

    ​Jude Law's Hamlet at the Broadhurst Theater -- perhaps aided, publicity-wise, by his recently-revealed, alleged love child -- is a big deal. The Times' Ben Brantley says Law "approaches his role with the focus, determination and adrenaline level of an Olympic track competitor staring down an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Do Not Call Charles Busch a "Wan Transvestite"

    Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2008

    White Christmas Tourist Crap, Say Critics

    Credit: David Rodgers Playwright and actor Charles Busch has just opened his latest play, The Third Story--an MCC production at the Lucille Lortel Theatre that counts Kathleen Turner among its fine cast. On the occasion of the new piece, which naturally features Busch in copious amounts of female ... More >>

  • News

    March 11, 2008
  • Columns

    March 11, 2008

    Christian From Project Runway Has a Boyfriend!

    Siddown and shuddup! It's da Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

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    August 1, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Siddown and shuddup! It's da Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

  • Columns

    May 10, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Siddown and shuddup! It's da Kollege of Musical Knowledge.

  • Art

    January 4, 2005

    The Plot Thins

    English majors! Christopher Booker's new study just made your life much easier—maybe

  • News

    March 9, 2004

    A Passion for Provocation

    Lars von Trier's Dogville is a Christian allegory—with a bite

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    May 28, 2002

    Theater

    Lars von Trier's Dogville is a Christian allegory—with a bite

  • Theater

    April 2, 2002

    A Moveable East

    Lars von Trier's Dogville is a Christian allegory—with a bite

  • Theater

    January 22, 2002

    Dogged and Castled

    Lars von Trier's Dogville is a Christian allegory—with a bite

  • Film

    June 12, 2001

    I Am, I Said

    David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

  • Film

    May 8, 2001

    Rocks Off

    David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

  • Columns

    June 6, 2000

    NY Mirror

    David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

  • Columns

    May 23, 2000

    NY Mirror

    David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

  • Theater

    October 13, 1998

    On Point

    David Manning Speaks! Stunning!

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