Orson Welles

History Repeating

Lincoln Center Honors Charlton Heston

An apolitical look at the epic hero's oeuvre

Answers to the World's Hardest Movie Quiz

An apolitical look at the epic hero's oeuvre

Titans Collide in Pendleton's Inspired Backstage Drama

An apolitical look at the epic hero's oeuvre

All's Well That Ends Welles: Orson's Slippery Sleight of Hand

An apolitical look at the epic hero's oeuvre

Are You Defending Your Life?

An apolitical look at the epic hero's oeuvre

Jokers Wild

An apolitical look at the epic hero's oeuvre

NY Mirror

''When the press release for Stupid Kids likened the play to Dawson's Creek, there I was in the front row, ready to applaud the acne.''

Dark City

''When the press release for Stupid Kids likened the play to Dawson's Creek, there I was in the front row, ready to applaud the acne.''

History Repeating

''When the press release for Stupid Kids likened the play to Dawson's Creek, there I was in the front row, ready to applaud the acne.''

A Fight to the Finish

''When the press release for Stupid Kids likened the play to Dawson's Creek, there I was in the front row, ready to applaud the acne.''

Endless Summer

''When the press release for Stupid Kids likened the play to Dawson's Creek, there I was in the front row, ready to applaud the acne.''

Love and War in Louisville

The 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays

Imitation of Life

The 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays

Welles of Loneliness

The 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays

Blood Simple

The 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays

Horoscope

The 2000 Humana Festival of New American Plays

Tried and True

Hardest-Movie-Quiz Answers Revealed

When Doves Cry

Oscar Declares War on the War

Film

Oscar Declares War on the War

The Rosebud Express

Oscar Declares War on the War

Magnificent Frustrations

A great period piece, period: Ambersons is still a clear masterpiece despite interference

Classic European and American 'Underground' Shorts

A great period piece, period: Ambersons is still a clear masterpiece despite interference

Paper Clips

A great period piece, period: Ambersons is still a clear masterpiece despite interference

Good Knight, and Good Luck: Quixote Movies Spearhead Retro

A great period piece, period: Ambersons is still a clear masterpiece despite interference

Whale of a Show

Taking Melville and Welles to sea

Nuts, Ninjas, and Metamorphic Sprites

Come on people, how much more do you need out of Princess Raccoon? Also on DVD, Fritz Lang's clockwork noir The Woman in the Window.

Idol Speculation

Notes on Hypothetical Hollywood

The Hidden Treasure of American Acting

At 81, Alvin Epstein's trying something classic and new

Clip Job: Village Paper Hates Village Film!

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 18, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 39'Greenwich Village Story'By Andrew Sarris"Greenwich Village Story" (at the Victoria and 55th Street Playhouse) is so basically stupid in its conception that any detailed analysis would be needlessly sadistic. The t ... More >>

A Man for All Seasons

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 18, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 39'Greenwich Village Story'By Andrew Sarris"Greenwich Village Story" (at the Victoria and 55th Street Playhouse) is so basically stupid in its conception that any detailed analysis would be needlessly sadistic. The t ... More >>

"The Bard Goes Global: Shakespeare on the International Screen" at Walter Reade

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 18, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 39'Greenwich Village Story'By Andrew Sarris"Greenwich Village Story" (at the Victoria and 55th Street Playhouse) is so basically stupid in its conception that any detailed analysis would be needlessly sadistic. The t ... More >>

The Muppet Movie

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 18, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 39'Greenwich Village Story'By Andrew Sarris"Greenwich Village Story" (at the Victoria and 55th Street Playhouse) is so basically stupid in its conception that any detailed analysis would be needlessly sadistic. The t ... More >>

The Third Man

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 18, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 39'Greenwich Village Story'By Andrew Sarris"Greenwich Village Story" (at the Victoria and 55th Street Playhouse) is so basically stupid in its conception that any detailed analysis would be needlessly sadistic. The t ... More >>

'Stew & Heidi Present the Broadway Problem'+Tanya Tagaq

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJuly 18, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 39'Greenwich Village Story'By Andrew Sarris"Greenwich Village Story" (at the Victoria and 55th Street Playhouse) is so basically stupid in its conception that any detailed analysis would be needlessly sadistic. The t ... More >>

Restrospective: Bad Celebrity Ads

Slashfood rounds up the weirdest celebrity food commercials, including the famously botched frozen pea voice-over by Orson Welles and a cringe-worthy Pringles ad starring a young, shirtless Brad Pitt. As a rule of thumb, the best in celebrity ad weirdness can be found in those commercials filmed a ... More >>

On the Heels of Paranormal Activity, The Fourth Kind Comes Off the Weak Imitator

Slashfood rounds up the weirdest celebrity food commercials, including the famously botched frozen pea voice-over by Orson Welles and a cringe-worthy Pringles ad starring a young, shirtless Brad Pitt. As a rule of thumb, the best in celebrity ad weirdness can be found in those commercials filmed a ... More >>

Richard Linklater's Orson Welles Puts on Quite a Show

Slashfood rounds up the weirdest celebrity food commercials, including the famously botched frozen pea voice-over by Orson Welles and a cringe-worthy Pringles ad starring a young, shirtless Brad Pitt. As a rule of thumb, the best in celebrity ad weirdness can be found in those commercials filmed a ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Rihanna, BlakRoc, Palin's Going Rogue, The Road, the Future of La MaMa, and More

Blakroc. This picture just stays being funny. Photo by Jonah Schwartz​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla parses Rated R, the new album from "publicly wounded robo-r&b ice princess" Rihanna, Tom Hull returns with another edition of his Jazz Consumer Guide, Phillip Mlynar chats with the ... More >>

A CRIMINAL MIND

Film Forum celebrates the 60th anniversary of The Third Man

A Classic Mexican Column to Start 2010

Film Forum celebrates the 60th anniversary of The Third Man

Who's The Best Male Movie Actor of the Sound Era?

​My choices in ranked order: (1) James Stewart (2) Robert DeNiro (3) Spencer Tracy (4) Jack Nicholson (5) Jack Lemmon

Fam-Cam Doc Prodigal Sons Pushed Along by Dysfunction

​My choices in ranked order: (1) James Stewart (2) Robert DeNiro (3) Spencer Tracy (4) Jack Nicholson (5) Jack Lemmon

Transsexual Lesbian Takes Hollywood!

Prodigal Sons director Kimberly Reed fills me in.

FILM SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Every two years, these orphans get a home

Andrew Sarris Picks the Best Films of 1969

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 15, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 3 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris Every year about this time a large number of critics make up 10 best lists, an a smaller number write boring articles attacking 10 best lists. You do or you don't, I supp ... More >>

The Trial

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 15, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 3 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris Every year about this time a large number of critics make up 10 best lists, an a smaller number write boring articles attacking 10 best lists. You do or you don't, I supp ... More >>

Andrew Sarris v. Pauline Kael: King Kane!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 15, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 15 Films in Focus By Andrew Sarris Pauline Kael's two-part article on "Citizen Kane" ("Raising Kane" -- the New Yorker, February 20 and 27, 197[1]) reportedly began as a brief introduction to the published ... More >>

'The Unfinished Film': A Good Night for the (Almost) Movies

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 15, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 15 Films in Focus By Andrew Sarris Pauline Kael's two-part article on "Citizen Kane" ("Raising Kane" -- the New Yorker, February 20 and 27, 197[1]) reportedly began as a brief introduction to the published ... More >>

Jane Eyre

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 15, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 15 Films in Focus By Andrew Sarris Pauline Kael's two-part article on "Citizen Kane" ("Raising Kane" -- the New Yorker, February 20 and 27, 197[1]) reportedly began as a brief introduction to the published ... More >>