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Natalie Wood

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    The One Man Natalie Wood Couldn't Get

    Marc Eliot's new book on Steve McQueen has fascinating observations not just about McQueen, but about his various costars, conquests, and lusty-eyed admirers. It says that Natalie Wood--Steve's partner in the 1963 anti-abortion romance Love With The Proper Stranger--liked to find love with a whole ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Robert Redford's Mealy-Mouthed Reluctant Virgin of a Politician in "The Candidate"

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 3, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 31 films in focus By Andrew Sarris Cinema, like politics, makes strange bedfellows. "THE CANDIDATE," for example. (I couldn't.) It so happens that I find myself more in critical harmony with Bella Abzug's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    Remembering a Legend: A Natalie Wood Pictorial

    ​Throughout her life, Natalie Wood was plagued with doubts over her talent, but one look at her performances proves she was nuts to second guess herself. Through the years, the pint sized beauty brought us a rivetingly intense dramatic turn in 1961's Splendor in the Grass... A dazzling perfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    The Best Western Ever!

    ​No, not the hotel--I mean the genre. To me, westerns have always been like spinach--ill-tasting and probably not even that good for you. But in my neurotic quest to see every movie ever made at least twice, I've sat through them all and I have to say some stand higher above the range than oth ... More >>

  • Film

    October 13, 2009

    Electricity for All in Elia Kazan's Wild River

    City boy–country girl sparks, and plenty of politics

  • Voice Choices

    October 13, 2009

    Splendor in the Grass

    City boy–country girl sparks, and plenty of politics

  • Dance

    September 15, 2009
  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    In Praise of Natalie Wood

    ​"A mixture of orphan and clown" is what the great Natalie Wood played in 1965's musical melodrama Inside Daisy Clover, but that could also describe Natalie herself--a porcelain anti-waif whose radioactive spunk seemed to be a compensation for never quite feeling she was good enough or truly b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    This Week's Voice: Rap's Online Overdose, Our Jazz Consumer Guide, Heaven & Hell, Quentin Tarantino, and More

    Charles Hamilton, hitting delete​In this week's Village Voice, Ben Detrick reports on rap's online overdose and the perils of allowing guys like Charles Hamilton anywhere near the Internet. Tom Hull presents the summer edition of our Jazz Consumer Guide. Phil Freeman celebrates the rebirth o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    ​Years ago, Ella Taylor interviewed Quentin Tarantino at his favorite Denny's. She returns to the scene to ask about Inglourious Basterds and his career. Tarantino is charmng, but if you want to be pissed at him, he does say things like, "A case can be made that I re-created the gangster fil ... More >>

  • Film

    August 18, 2009

    'Yesterday's Angel: Natalie Wood' at Walter Reade

    Celebrating the actress's (not entirely angelic) splendor

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Some Wonderful, Old, Gay Gossip

    At the Tribeca Film Festival last week, I met one of my icons, Mart Crowley, who wrote The Boys in the Band, the landmark 1960s play about a bunch of East Side gays having a party that leads to fight, tears, and line dances. I pop up in a documentary about the importance of that work (It's called Ma ... More >>

  • Film

    April 22, 2009

    Star of The Exploding Girl, Zoe Kazan (Yes, that Kazan) Breaks Through

    At the Tribeca Film Festival last week, I met one of my icons, Mart Crowley, who wrote The Boys in the Band, the landmark 1960s play about a bunch of East Side gays having a party that leads to fight, tears, and line dances. I pop up in a documentary about the importance of that work (It's called Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Quick Hits

    Bartender Leo Cook of Bloomington, Indiana has won T.G.I. Friday's Utimate Beverage competition with his "Vanilla Lemon Ice," which will be served at Friday's restaurants starting today. The drink comprises Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka, triple sec, lemonade and Sprite. Bring the kids! A young Harlem moth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    YouTube Treasure: The Golden Girls Theme In Its Nascent Form

    When he wrote "Thank You For Being a Friend," Andrew Gold probably didn't expect it to end up as an anthem for Depends-wearing Golden Girls, but his obscure ditty did find its place as the bouncy theme song to that classic '80s sitcom. Here is his own version of the song, and it's surprisingly al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Some Like It Tony Curtis!

    When he wrote "Thank You For Being a Friend," Andrew Gold probably didn't expect it to end up as an anthem for Depends-wearing Golden Girls, but his obscure ditty did find its place as the bouncy theme song to that classic '80s sitcom. Here is his own version of the song, and it's surprisingly al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    At Home With Bogie, Bacall, And Some Other Everyday Legends

    When he wrote "Thank You For Being a Friend," Andrew Gold probably didn't expect it to end up as an anthem for Depends-wearing Golden Girls, but his obscure ditty did find its place as the bouncy theme song to that classic '80s sitcom. Here is his own version of the song, and it's surprisingly al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Roz Russell YouTube Treasure: "Some People" Can't Sing

    When he wrote "Thank You For Being a Friend," Andrew Gold probably didn't expect it to end up as an anthem for Depends-wearing Golden Girls, but his obscure ditty did find its place as the bouncy theme song to that classic '80s sitcom. Here is his own version of the song, and it's surprisingly al ... More >>

  • Film

    June 12, 2007

    Happy B-day, John Wayne

    The Duke turns 100, plus: Buy this DVD

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    May 22, 2007

    Pow! Right in the Kisser

    Rosy portrait of abuser-victim "love" is some kind of crazy

  • NYC Life

    December 12, 2006

    Through a Glass Darkly

    Smug penguins and bitchy snowflakes: An opinionated tour of the season's department store windows

  • Screens

    May 30, 2006

    Built Ford Tough

    Smug penguins and bitchy snowflakes: An opinionated tour of the season's department store windows

  • NYC Life

    January 31, 2006

    Are You In Love?

    Rock stars, dating experts, and cartoon characters talk about Valentine's Day

  • NYC Life

    December 20, 2005

    What's a Muff?

    Drunken holiday shopping with Clarence the angel

  • Film

    May 25, 2004

    It's Not Over Till the Fat Lady, Short Guy, and Convicts Sing

    Drunken holiday shopping with Clarence the angel

  • Film

    February 10, 2004

    The Rosebud Express

    Drunken holiday shopping with Clarence the angel

  • Columns

    May 20, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Drunken holiday shopping with Clarence the angel

  • Columns

    December 11, 2001

    NY Mirror

    Drunken holiday shopping with Clarence the angel

  • NYC Life

    October 30, 2001

    Girl Trouble

    ‘Mademoiselle’ Buried; ‘Bazaar’ Resurrected

  • Columns

    July 3, 2001

    NY Mirror

    ‘Mademoiselle’ Buried; ‘Bazaar’ Resurrected

  • Film

    January 4, 2000

    Robert Bresson (1901-1999)

    Remembering a Master of Precise Gestures and Cinematic Emotion

  • Long Island Voice

    November 23, 1999

    Teen Angels

    Remembering a Master of Precise Gestures and Cinematic Emotion

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