Rocky (Movie)

Bullet to the Head: Rocky Still Packs a Mean Right Hook

Q&A: Rocky Director John Avildsen on Working With Lloyd Kaufman

In last week's print issue of the Village Voice, we spent time with Lloyd Kaufman, the Troma Entertainment president and splatter-comedy director who's currently remaking his early '80s original, Class of Nuke 'Em High this summer. Kaufman's known for his prolific career in the independent undergrou ... More >>

Lloyd Kaufman: The Toxic Director

The filmmaker gets his close-up after 40 years of Troma (more or less)

Joe Frazier: No One's Second Banana

​Joe Frazier's death on Monday from liver cancer was overshadowed by the Penn State sex abuse scandal. Wasn't that always the way with Joe? Something or somebody always seemed to steal his thunder. He was one of the greatest heavyweight champions who ever lived, losing fights only to Muhamm ... More >>

Beyond Robocop: Build These Statues Now, America!

Half man, half machine, all statue​Patrick Cassels wrote an impassioned plea to the city of Detroit in Slate, imploring them to seriously consider the plan to build a Robocop statue. He says that the public arts work is worthy, as it depicts "a character who represents triumph over this sad la ... More >>

The Fighter Feels Rigged

The Joy of Despair: "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 1, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 1 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris "THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY?" has finally come to the screen 34 years after the publication of Horace McCoy's classic wouldn't-that-make-a-wonderful-movie novel. I read ... More >>

Stallone Hawks Nostalgia in The Expendables

Kill One for the Gipper

20 years later, our bandanna’d national treasure is still kicking ass and taking names

Analog Hero for the Digital Age

With the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is back and he's just . . . too old

Rocky v. Ahmadinejad

Another sequel, another chance for Rocky to persevere for America

Secrets and Thighs

A history of celebrity sex tapes, real and fake, from Joan Crawford to Paris Hilton

All That You Can Be

Once Upon a Time in America

Close-up on Bayonne

A Year of Self-Parity

Who's Best? Who's the Underdog? When Anybody Can Win, Who Can Tell?

Skipping on Air

Music

The Ecstasy and the Agony

Sugared Town