FILM

Metrograph Surveys Three Decades of Filmic Barn Burners

In “Novel Encounters: The Films of Lee Chang-dong,” we discover that the Korean director’s take-no-prisoners approach applies to characters and audiences alike.

by Michael Atkinson

Theater

Review: ‘Water for Elephants’ elevates the Elephant in the Room

by Elizabeth Zimmer

THE FRONT

Before the “Goldwater Rule” and Trump: Diagnosing Hitler in 1943

by R.C. Baker

What's Up

FILM

Review: ‘The Beast’ Delivers a Wobbly, Soft-Boned Sci-Fi Tale

by Michael Atkinson

April 2, 2024

MUSIC

Doors Folklore with Folklorkestra

by Brett Callwood

March 29, 2024

FILM

Review: ‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World’ Makes You Want to Go On

by Michael Atkinson

March 25, 2024

TV

‘The Synanon Fix’: The Rise and Fall of LA’s First Drug Rehab

by Michele Stueven

March 28, 2024

POLITICS

Trump Says Out Loud What Many Republicans Have Long Wanted to Hear

by Ross Barkan

February 6, 2024

CULTURE HIGHLIGHTS

BOOKS

Talking About the Village Voice, the Paper That Couldn’t Be Bought

by Elizabeth Zimmer

February 21, 2024

VOICE LORE

The Women at the Table: Writers, Artists, and Photographers in the Early Days of the Voice

by R.C. Baker

March 4, 2022

BOOKS

Martha Graham was ‘Where the Action Was’

by Elizabeth Zimmer

March 19, 2024

BOOKS

‘Composing While Black’ Rethinks Music in Time and Space

by Ben Gambuzza

March 12, 2024

FILM

An Inventive New Documentary Gives Us Frida In Her Own Words

by Shana Nys Dambrot

March 11, 2024

Screens

FILM

Review: ‘Late Night With the Devil’ Finds Itself in Faux Found Footage

by Nathaniel Bell

March 26, 2024

FILM

Review: ‘Club Zero’ Isn’t as ‘Disturbing to Some Viewers’ as It Should Be

by Michael Atkinson

March 15, 2024

FILM

Review: ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Combines White-Knuckle Thrills with Cerebral Twists

by Chad Byrnes

March 8, 2024

JOCKBEAT

Dick Barnett Was a Hero Long Before He Helped the Knicks Win Two Championships 

by Thomas Gerbasi

February 22, 2024

FILM

Review: “Drive-Away Dolls” is Unafraid to Go Lowbrow

by Nathaniel Bell

February 26, 2024

Two Years of War In Ukraine

War In Ukraine

After Two Years of War, A Weary Ukraine Remains Defiant

by Anna Conkling

February 23, 2024

CULTURE

We Are Ukrainians: Learning From the 2023 Kyiv Biennial

by Christian Viveros-Fauné

January 9, 2024

War In Ukraine

A Man, a Band, a War: Eugene Hütz Speaks His Mind

by Michael Cobb

May 25, 2022

Voice Comix

The GOP Was For Putin Before They Were Against Him

by Ward Sutton

April 19, 2022

War In Ukraine

War and Water: Russia is Destroying Ukraine’s Water Supply

by Oleg Rubel

August 24, 2022

Riffing

MUSIC

sym fera Tag Team Jim James and Radiohead

by Brett Callwood

March 26, 2024

MUSIC

Sophie Powers Digs The Boss

by Brett Callwood

March 14, 2024

SOUNDS OF THE CITY

The Tedeschi Trucks Band Shine Their Light at the Beacon 

by Mary Lyn Maiscott

March 8, 2024

MUSIC

Elliott Murphy Was Going to Be a ‘Monster’ Rock Star – But Then Life Happened

by Brad Spurgeon

February 16, 2024

BOOKS

A Female Rocker Talks Life on the Road in ‘The Ballad of Speedball Baby’

by Kyle Eustice

January 29, 2024

Democracy in Danger

POLITICS

A Former White Christian Nationalist Pulls Back the Curtain on Mounting Threats of Violence

by Frank Pizzoli

December 18, 2023

POLITICS

Party Like It’s 1923: Will Donald Trump Write His Own ‘Mein Kampf’ in Jail? 

by R.C. Baker

November 5, 2023

POLITICS

Are New Laws Strong Enough to Coup-Proof the 2024 Presidential Election?

by Frank Pizzoli

April 7, 2023

POLITICS

Former Republican Strategist Tim Miller on Why the GOP is a Threat to America

by Frank Pizzoli

October 14, 2022

NEWS & POLITICS ARCHIVES

The Romans Tried to Save the Republic From Men Like Trump. They Failed.

by Joy Connolly

Originally published January 17, 2017

Book Picks

BOOKS

No Laughing Matter: Nathaniel Stein’s ‘The Threat’

by Gideon Leek

February 8, 2024

BOOKS

‘The World According to Joan Didion’ Surveys the Life of the ‘New Journalism’ Writer

by Elizabeth Zimmer

February 5, 2024

BOOKS

‘Inside the Spiral’ Unearths Robert Smithson’s Childhood, Catholicism, Art, and Death

by Sally Eckhoff

December 20, 2023

BOOKS

Daniel Clowes’s ‘Monica’ Goes to Hell and Finds It Is Us

by R.C. Baker

December 14, 2023

BOOKS

Part Scrapbook, Part Cookbook – ‘Diner: Day for Night’ Reflects on the Making of One of the City’s Most Enduring Restaurants

by Brittany Natale

November 22, 2023

Labor Front

Labor Front

Can a Union Revival Save America’s Soul?

by Robert Hennelly

December 28, 2023

Labor Front

Workers at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Bring a Union to Brooklyn

by Jackson Todd

October 7, 2023

Labor Front

Are Unions Getting Off Their Knees?

by Robert Hennelly

November 10, 2022

Labor Front

Los Deliveristas Unidos Takes On the App-Delivery Industry

by Jackson Todd

May 26, 2022

News

A Revolution Is Taking Place, One Can at a Time

by Ali Smith

March 1, 2022

NYC

MUSIC

Gerry Eastman – Not Just His Brother’s Keeper

by Ben Gambuzza

November 25, 2023

NEW YORK CITY ARCHIVES

Moon Landing: Lunacy on a Muddy Meadow

by Steve Lerner

Originally published July 24, 1969

NEW YORK

As Eric Adams Runs His Administration Up Flagpoles, Will Voters Salute? 

by John Teufel

October 23, 2023

Environment

Can NYC’s New Climate Agenda Keep Our Heads Above Water?

by Andrew Scott

June 28, 2023

OP-ED

Daniel Penny For Your Thoughts – and Prayers? 

by Peter Noel

June 21, 2023

CULTURE KALEIDOSCOPE

VOICE CHOICE

Maureen Gallace’s Elemental Realm

by R.C. Baker

February 27, 2024

FILM

Incident in the Old Ale House: Director Bill Morrison Discusses His Latest Documentary

by Seth Fein

November 10, 2023

CULTURE

Why Hip-Hop Has Many Fathers

by Peter Noel

August 11, 2023

CULTURE

Milton Glaser Helped Define the Look of the 20th Century

by R.C. Baker

July 24, 2023

The Boards

Theater

Review: ‘adaku, part 1: the road opens’ Brings Africa to the Stage at BAM’s Next Wave Festival

by Elizabeth Zimmer

November 30, 2023

Theater

Review: ‘Gutenberg! The Musical!’ Makes It to Broadway

by Michael Musto

October 18, 2023

Theater

Review: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ Finally Has Its Moment In Time

by Michael Musto

October 10, 2023

Theater

Dancing With Dictators

by Katherine Turman

July 28, 2023

Printed matter

BOOKS

‘Hit Girls’ Sets the Punk Rock Record Straight

by Lina Lecaro

October 4, 2023

VOICE CHOICE

Ed Park Brings an Alternative History of the Korean War (and Much More) to a Reading Near You

by R.C. Baker

November 1, 2023

BOOKS

Jenn Shapland’s ‘Thin Skin’: Do Women Writers Apologize Too Much? 

by Rhoda Feng

September 22, 2023

BOOKS

Infinite Joyce: Prolific Oates Takes On Dead Wallace

by Gideon Leek

August 9, 2023

BOOKS

Vladimir Nabokov: Heat Seeker

by Mike Laws

May 29, 2022

Earth, Sea, and Sky

ART

Ecology-Minded Artist Brandon Ballengée Pictures What We’ve Lost 

by Shana Nys Dambrot

January 22, 2024

News

A Revolution Is Taking Place, One Can at a Time

by Ali Smith

March 1, 2022

War In Ukraine

War and Water: Russia is Destroying Ukraine’s Water Supply

by Oleg Rubel

August 24, 2022

Environment

Snow Job: Climate Change is Making Skiing an Uphill Climb

by Michael Schwarz

April 1, 2022

Environment

Kurt Vonnegut Revisits Earth for Earth Day

by Ali Smith

April 4, 2022

From the Archives

JOCKBEAT ARCHIVES

Ishmael Reed on Muhammad Ali

by Ishmael Reed

Originally published October 16, 1978

From The Archives

Last Refuge of a Rock Critic: A Bicentennial Search for Patriotism

by Greil Marcus

Originally published July 12, 1976

VOICE LORE

First Draft of History: Covering Civil Rights in the Sixties

by Marlene Nadle

March 28, 2023

From The Archives

Mugging the White Liberal

by Jack Newfield

Originally published June 25, 1964

From The Archives

The Abortionist on the Circuit of Fear

by Marlene Nadle

Originally published August 18, 1966

Revolution In Iran

Letter From Iran

A Freedom of Choice Revolution Is Roiling Iran

by Roshanak Darabi

November 15, 2022

THE FRONT ARCHIVES

Beautiful Butchers: The Shah Serves Up Caviar and Torture

by Alexander Cockburn, James Ridgeway & Jan Albert

Originally published November 14, 1977

Voice Relaunch e-Editions

VOICE LORE

2022: The Voice Relaunch Continues in Print and these E-Editions

by The Village Voice

September 1, 2022

VOICE LORE

2021: After Four Long Years, the Village Voice Returned to Print

by The Village Voice

August 30, 2022

La Dolce Musto

FILM

‘Oppenheimer’ Will Bomb at the Oscars – in a Good Way

by Michael Musto

February 29, 2024

PRIDE

Five Queers to Be Thankful For This Pride

by Michael Musto

June 16, 2023

LA DOLCE MUSTO

Fire Island A to Z

by Michael Musto

July 1, 2022

LA DOLCE MUSTO

Lying Liars Lying About Queers

by Michael Musto

June 17, 2022

LA DOLCE MUSTO

Bike Riding In NYC: Tips From One Who Knows

by Michael Musto

April 29, 2022

Sutton's Funhouse

Voice Comix

Are You Truly Deplorable – Or Just Posing?

by Ward Sutton

October 27, 2022

Voice Comix

Ward Sutton Puts MAGA Pride Anthems on the Turntable

by Ward Sutton

June 21, 2022

Voice Comix

Sutton on Santos, a Real Stand-Up Guy

by Ward Sutton

May 10, 2023

Voice Comix

The GOP Was For Putin Before They Were Against Him

by Ward Sutton

April 19, 2022

Voice Comix

Whatever Your Persuasion, Scornhub Pushes Just the Right Buttons

by Ward Sutton

February 25, 2022

New York Mirror

VOICE OF THE AGES

Remembering Ed Fancher, a Village Voice Founder

by R.C. Baker

September 29, 2023

ART

Waiting for the Nighthawks – Edward Hopper and the Denizens of New York

by R.C. Baker

February 11, 2023

NEW YORK

The Life of Sonja

by Robert Rosen

February 7, 2023

News

Developer Takes a Nosedive as Court Orders Foreclosure and Sale of Old P.S. 64 in the East Village

by Sarah Ferguson

December 30, 2022

CULTURE

Abiodun Oyewole – One of the First Last Poets – Talks About Legacy, and Hip Hop

by Michael Cobb

September 21, 2022

JOCKBEAT

JOCKBEAT ARCHIVES

Appealing to Your Bettor Nature

by Vincent Velotta

September 17, 2021

JOCKBEAT

‘Macho Camacho’ Always Went His Own Way – Now You Can Too

by Thomas Gerbasi

May 26, 2023

JOCKBEAT

The Derby Dolls are Leading a Roller Revival in L.A.

by Isai Rocha

July 31, 2023

JOCKBEAT

‘Ya Gotta Believe,’ Revisited

by Charlie Vascellaro

June 11, 2023

JOCKBEAT

Teresa Tapia: The Queen of Albuquerque–and the Boxing Ring

by T.J. English

September 19, 2022

The Voice Firmament

VOICE OF THE AGES

Remembering Michael Feingold and the Heat-Seeking Missiles of His Theater Criticism

by The Village Voice

November 22, 2022

VOICE OF THE AGES

Flying High: Remembering Greg Tate

by The Village Voice

December 13, 2021

VOICE OF THE AGES

Clemente to Marden to Kiefer: Remembering Peter Schjeldahl

by The Village Voice

October 22, 2022

VOICE OF THE AGES

Remembering Julie Lobbia – a Tiny But Relentless Fighter

by The Village Voice

November 25, 2021

Voice Lore

MUSIC

Robert Plant Can’t Kiss the Past Goodbye

by Duncan Wheeler

January 18, 2024

VOICE CHOICE

Sylvia Plachy’s Photos Guided Us for Decades — Now They’re at the Bronx Documentary Center

by R.C. Baker

October 21, 2023

VOICE LORE

Detour on the Road to the American Dream

by R.C. Baker

June 28, 2022

CULTURE

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Carman Moore Has Got It Covered

by R.C. Baker

February 3, 2022

MUSIC ARCHIVES

Beaten or Stoned? Was 1968 the Beginning of the End of the Sixties?

by R.C. Baker

December 14, 2018

Cannabis Scene

Cannabis

Housing Works Cannabis Co., NY’s First Dispensary, Did $12 Million in 6 Months

by Jimi Devine

August 8, 2023

Cannabis

Cannabis Industry Waits for New York Sales Numbers

by Jimi Devine

March 16, 2023

Cannabis

An Open Letter To The Mayor of Amsterdam

by Richard Cowan

June 27, 2022

Sponsored Post

Are High-Dose CBD Gummies More Effective Than Low-Dose CBD Gummies?

by Christina M. Ward

September 1, 2022

Sponsored Post

What Does High Potency Mean in CBD Oil?

by Christina M. Ward

October 1, 2022

Trivial Pursuits

Subway Shirts: NYC Women Resort to Coverups to Avoid Unwanted Attention

by Ivy Cosca

May 25, 2023

Do Psychopaths Run the World? The Sometimes Dark Personality Traits of Leaders

by Ivy Cosca

May 23, 2023

The 5 Most Spectacular Scenic Drives in New York This Spring

by Ivy Cosca

May 22, 2023

5 Places to Have Sex in NYC and Not Get in Trouble (Probably)

by Ivy Cosca

May 17, 2023

A Slice of Pie? Yes, Please! The 10 Best Pizza Places in NYC 2023

by Ivy Cosca

May 15, 2023