William Faulkner

Venice Update: Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves, James Franco's Child of God, and More

ERS's John Collins Explores a Sexy Supreme Court Case

Free Will Astrology: April 3-9, 2013

Five Great Literary Landmarks of NYC: Taverns and Restaurants

The White Horse Tavern as it looks today Stay in one place long enough, many bars have found, and you're likely to eventually develop literary cachet. Indeed, many of the city's most venerable taverns - Old Town, McSorley's, and the currently-defunct Chumley's - are or were lined with the dust jac ... More >>

GREAT SCOTT!

ERS brings back Gatz

Literary Lushes: Our 10 Favorite Book (and Play)-Writing Boozers

Tom PalumboJack Kerouac, on the road somewhere ...​ For many authors over the years, alcohol has been nearly as important a writing tool as pen, paper, poverty, and loneliness. Some have speculated that hard drinking and prolific writing might have similar genetic roots. Another theory is that ... More >>

What the 1% Say: Grading Bankers' Aloofness

​After entrenching themselves in Zuccotti Park for weeks, the Occupy Wall Street protesters have finally grabbed the attention they originally sought. What started as a largely ignored sideshow is now a global phenomenon, and the demonstrators' voices are being heard from Wall Street to The Ha ... More >>

Which Brand of Flosser Will Save Your Life? We'll Tell You!

​Each week, Death by Science kicks down science and technology's door and demands to see where they're hiding the primo goods. Often terrifying, sometimes humbling, our discoveries will make you run to the nearest 7-11 and stock up on canned goods and doomsday porn. This week, we examine the c ... More >>

Raising Cain in Todd Haynes's Mildred Pierce

The Story of Temple Drake

'To Save and Project': MOMA's International Orgy of the Newly Preserved

Bob Hope, John Wayne, Cary Grant -- the 1970 Oscars

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. April 16, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 16 Films in Focus by Andrew Sarris OSCAR GOES TO COLLEGE: You could hardly recognize Oscar this year at the celebration of his 42nd birthday. After years of flaunting his nouveau riche vulgarity and grade s ... More >>

ERS Mounts the U.S. Premiere of The Sun Also Rises (The Select). Plus, the Latest From Pig Iron

Philly Live Arts hosts two alt-theater faves

Breasts "Inadequate"? Contemplate Balloons, Peaches, and Peacock Feathers

Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. I do this for one reason: knowledge is power. ​ Natural Bust Enlargement With Total Mind Power Author:Donald L. Wilson, M.D. ... More >>

The Tarnished Angels

The City's Best (And Not So Best) Progressive Theater

En garde, avant-garde!

'1962: New York Film Critics Circle' at BAMcinématek

Sure, there were missiles in Cuba. But what about the film critics' awards?

Lit Seen: The Unlikely Triumph of Two Dollar Radio; Bookforum Busts the Boom

An insurgent independent press thinks Grove Press and Akashic; David Simon reps his hometown

DEAD FLOWERS

An investigation of failure, loss, and the Bundrens

Possibly 4th Street 17: Indigo Girl Amy Ray

Jean-Luc Godard: Lights, Camera, Paradox!

Richard Brody offers a massive biography of the original auteur

Spring Theater Preview: The Sound and the Fury, An Idiot's Tale

ERS follows up Fitzgerald with Faulkner

The Wood Demons

Wilderness, darkness, and drink in a debut novel

Raw God, Tiny Nun

In a memoir of spiritual quest, Darcey Steinke tries to divine her soul

Revenge of the Day-Job-Havin' Lifers

Things I Learned Watching Black Snake Moan

The Kids Are Not Alright

Sundance kiddie porn, from Dakota’s rape to Cusack’s daddy issues

Killing a Dream

After having ruled public school segregation unconstitutional, the Supreme Court stopped caring

View Finder

Man with a movie camera: Art imitates art in study of Eggleston's routines and color schemes

Robert Kasner, 1951-2005

Horoscope

Howe Does It Feel

Native Son Noted

Blues for Mr. Baldwin