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The Maltese Falcon

  • Theater

    April 25, 2012

    christopher marlowe's chloroform dreams Tries Elizabethan Noir

    The infamous playwright meets Raymond Chandler in the Red Room

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Movie Stars Who Turned Down Legendary Roles

    We all know about classic stuff like Cary Grant making sure they cast Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady instead of him, and Doris Day not tarnishing her image by doing The Graduate--a part that would have resulted in her still working today. But here are some other weird cinematic decisions, courtesy of ... More >>

  • Film

    July 20, 2011

    Warren William: As Titan of Industry, King of Pre-Code

    We all know about classic stuff like Cary Grant making sure they cast Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady instead of him, and Doris Day not tarnishing her image by doing The Graduate--a part that would have resulted in her still working today. But here are some other weird cinematic decisions, courtesy of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    The Greatest Screen Directors Actually Did Nothing

    ​Some of the greatest film directors in history have reaped kudos, won Oscars, and earned a place as eternal icons of cinema art, yet they didn't really do that much on the set. According to one book I read, John Huston (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre) sometimes didn't talk to t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    The Fourth Annual Village Voice Readers' Film Poll -- The Best Films of 1967!

    "We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 15, 2008

    Peter Lorre Double Bill

    "We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

  • Film

    August 8, 2006

    The Huston Family: 75 Years on Film

    "We rob banks."​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 8, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 17 Films by Andrew Sarris The readers of The Village Voice have responded in unprecedented numbers to the fourth annual poll of ten-best lists. For the record, the previous winners are "D ... More >>

  • Books

    January 25, 2005

    The Friends of Mr. Cairo

    When will we talk about the black bird? Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon turns 75

  • Film

    November 16, 2004

    Noir Genius Exam

    Quiz me deadly: mirrors, lost highways, and afternoon sex

  • Books

    December 30, 2003

    Kind of Blue

    Harnessing the rhythmic power of the comma, Paul Auster composes a little night music

  • NYC Life

    December 2, 2003

    Listings

    Harnessing the rhythmic power of the comma, Paul Auster composes a little night music

  • Film

    August 5, 2003

    Death Valley '74

    The Desert of the Steal

  • NYC Life

    August 5, 2003

    Listings

    The Desert of the Steal

  • Music

    April 29, 2003

    The Academy's Pulitzer

    Why Jazz and Pop Don't Make the Cut

  • News

    April 29, 2003

    Features

    Rachel Stearns, Senior, Interior Design, Parsons School of Design

  • Music

    March 12, 2002

    Thesaurus in My Pocket

    Rachel Stearns, Senior, Interior Design, Parsons School of Design

  • News

    February 5, 2002

    On the Waterfront

    In Red Hook, One Building Is a Tipping Point

  • News

    July 3, 2001

    Midsummer Night’s Read

    Beach Fare with an Edge

  • News

    May 2, 2000

    The Silence of the Iambs

    Forged Poem Becomes Hot Literary Property

  • Music

    September 7, 1999

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