Tony Manero

STAYIN' ALIVE FOREVER

Celebrate disco and the Bee Gees

Identity Crises at Cannes 2012

Films, stars, and the festival itself combat easy categorization

A Dazed Witness to History in Post Mortem

Spring Guide 2012: The Stabbin' Cabin

Enjoy a rustic bloodbath

Meet the Original JWoww and Snooki, Would-Be Stars of Bridge & Tunnel

Brianna and Gabriella almost escaped from Staten Island. But MTV pulled the plug on the original Jersey Shore

Ten Great Neighborhood-Specific Brooklyn Rap Anthems

​This Saturday, the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival will conclude with shows by Brownsville's mighty M.O.P., who will perform their rambunctious brand of rap down under the Brooklyn Bridge, and, er, noted Queens representer Q-Tip. Rappers from Brooklyn have never been shy about proclaiming their her ... More >>

New York Film Festival: The Hype and the Substance

This year's NYFF manages both. Plus: Our best of the fest

Venice Midpoint: Women Rule

From Meek's Cutoff​Midway through the Venice film festival, the competition is notable for a pair of features by American women: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff -- both minimalist, open-ended exercises in myths debunked and protagonists lost. Evidently inspired ... More >>

STAYIN’ ALIVE

John Travolta will always be the king of disco

S.S. DISCO

Go dancing aboard a clipper ship

J. Hoberman's Favorite Films of 2009

Larrain's Tony Manero Turns Fantasies to Nightmares

This Week's Voice: Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

In this week's Village Voice, we remember Michael Jackson: Greg Tate on the man and his legacy, rapper Jean Grae on what Jackson meant to musicians everywhere, and Jessica Hopper, reporting live from Gary, Indiana the night Jackson died. Elsewhere, Rob Harvilla describes the daffy sci-fi audacity ... More >>

Summer Guide: Surveillance, Jennifer Lynch's First in 16 Years

Classic Movie Plots That Should Have Been Different

Even the greatest Oscar-winning epic can be improved with a little tweaking. In fact, whenever I watch my favorite works of world cinema, I'm still bugged by storylines that should have come out differently, for chrissake. For example:

2008 Film Poll Results

New York Film Festival 2008

Hometown Legend

Coming of age and stayin' alive on the mean streets of Astoria

Spaghetti Eastern

The Lordz, Brooklyn rap-rock's preeminent wiseguys, crank the bass and wax Soprano

'Step Up'

Music

Uncontrollable Urges

I Will Contrive

The Last Days of Gay Disco

The current disco revival conceals its homo soul