Rip Torn

The Ex-Girlfriend Experience: How Coming Apart Came Together

Milton Moses Ginsberg on the genesis of his film

35 Years Later, David Bowie as ET in The Man Who Fell to Earth

Coming Apart

Norman Mailer Keeps Trying this Moviemaking Thing

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 23, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 38 films in focus By Andrew Sarris Norman Mailer's "MAIDSTONE" is being exhibited these days at the Whitney Museum, and "exhibited" is perhaps an apter term for the enterprise than "shown" or "released ... More >>

Year in Film: Sofia Coppola's Journey to Somewhere

After Almost Robbing Bank, Rip Torn is Back, Sober, a Bit Boring and in the New York Post

Torn vs. Mailer, 1970​Rip Torn: I think I'm ready to make a comeback. I feel great and I read the Bible every day. Agent: That's great, bud. Redemption! I'm thinking Mickey Rourke. Rip Torn: I could be his father. I would love a Golden Globe. Publicist: Let's get this out to the magazines. T ... More >>

The Limits of Ripping Off Terrence Malick on Display in The Afterlight

The Village Voice Finally Makes Journolist!

​Over the weekend, we here at The Village Voice were presented with quite the dubious distinction!

The Media T-Shirt Project!

​It's Summer, and as we all know, many businesses get slow in the summer. Media is one of these businesses, and in media, you have to diversify in order to stay afloat, or something. It's bad enough you have to concern yourself with the terrible fate of blogger burnout in this heat! But making ... More >>

Rip Torn the Most Paranoid Man Ever

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 27, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 24 'Let's Get a Rip Torn Type' by Michael Zwerin If you want to laugh at an actor named Rip Torn, that's your problem. Born Elmore Torn 37 years ago in Temple, Texas, he was nicknamed Rip around the house ... More >>

Rip Torn, Sally Kirkland, and the Sexual Revolution on Stage and Film

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 13, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 22 Scenes by Howard Smith "IF ART REFLECTS LIFE, then it should reflect every aspect of life," explains Milton Moses Ginsberg about his new feature motion picture, "Coming Apart." Starring Rip Torn and Sal ... More >>

Al Pacino, Sam Shepard, Roy Scheider, Estelle Parsons -- It's Obies 1968!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 30, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 33 23 Win '68 'Obies' The 1967-68 Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards were presented on Saturday afternoon at a giant invitational party at the Village Gate. These were the 13th annual "Obies," and a crowd of ... More >>

Rip Torn, Stacy Keach, Frank Zappa -- It's Obies 1967!

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 25, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 32 21 Win '67 'Obies' The Village Gate was full to bursting at noon on Saturday for the 12th annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Awards. Barbara Harris, star of the Broadway musical "The Apple Tree," made the ... More >>

Rip Torn's Daughter, Friends Line Up To Give Temperance Lectures

​We were surprised and pleased to see New York Post theater reporter Michael Reidel get a prime slot in this morning's rotation. We should have known something was up. Reidel gets Angelica Page, daughter of Rip Torn, to talk smack about her dad. "He's pissed away so much -- so much of his tim ... More >>

Join The Golden Boys for Kvetching and Kibitzing

This Week in the Voice

So how is Watchmen, you ask? "Although the ending has been somewhat modified from the novel's, let it be said that Watchmen doesn't lack for self-confidence or even entertainment value." But... well, let J. Hoberman tell it. Brooklyn Republican state senator Marty Golden "represents the flip sid ... More >>

Rip Torn, Roaring, at Anthology

Making bizarre look easy (and bizarre)

Maidstone

Less Money, Fewer Hits at Midpoint of Sundance 2009

The Greatest: a mourning-family turkey with all the trimmings What is the shape and size of a human soul? Does it look like a chickpea? A gumdrop? A pet rock? And if you could somehow extract your soul from your body, what would be left? Would you still be you? These are among the concerns taken u ... More >>

Langella and Sheen Capture a Summit of Egos in Frost/Nixon

Nixon goes from stage to screen, in a deep frost

Josh Hartnett in August

The brothers Sterling fight to keep their NYC-based Internet startup afloat

Famke Janssen Turns Pool Shark in Turn the River

As Chris Eigeman turns director

Norman Mailer Chews Rip Torn's Ear Off

Norman Mailer's Other Career

Directing films, did the writer bite off more than he could chew?

Muscling Up and Rocking Out

Some get by with subtlety, but thrashing ferocity works great too

French Confection

Sofia Coppola pays opulent tribute to the innocent boredom of a teen queen

A Rare Serving of Adept Regional Indie Cinema

Before the Revolution

In Cannes's second week, Coppola falters, Linklater rebounds, and Spanish-language films surge

Memphis Belle

Sachs talk: Ultranaturalism and hyperawareness in a stunning grand ole soap opry

The Accidental Auteur

Prognosis: Negative

Prankster Danes and Memphis musicians shine amid dispiriting indie-cinema trends

Theater

Hate Your Chromosomes

Mondo Trasho and Desperate Living

Crouching Pussycats, Hidden Gems

Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

Anything in Your Shorts?

Mything in Action

Too Much, Too Soon