Celebrate disco and the Bee Gees
Films, stars, and the festival itself combat easy categorization
Enjoy a rustic bloodbath
Brianna and Gabriella almost escaped from Staten Island. But MTV pulled the plug on the original Jersey Shore
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 >>
This year's NYFF manages both. Plus: Our best of the fest
From Meek's CutoffMidway 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 >>
John Travolta will always be the king of disco
Go dancing aboard a clipper ship
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 >>
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:
Coming of age and stayin' alive on the mean streets of Astoria
The Lordz, Brooklyn rap-rock's preeminent wiseguys, crank the bass and wax Soprano
The current disco revival conceals its homo soul
