FILM ARCHIVES

Creepiest Photo of All Time

by Michael Musto

June 5, 2009

Yes, it’s the whitest woman ever born–eternal film virgin Doris Day–in blackface for 1951’s screen musical I’ll See You In My Dreams. Apparently black was the navy blue of Hollywood in the ’50s. Discuss.

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Highlights

CULTURE

Power, Grace, and Noise

Whether a poetry slam, a tennis court, or a Broadway stage, Reg E. Gaines always brings his best game

by Susan L. Hornik

May 25, 2022
BOOKS

Nothing Forbidden

David Duchovny’s New York

by Susan L. Hornik

May 25, 2022
War In Ukraine

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

Talking to the Gogol Bordello frontman about his native Ukraine, Roma roots, and the transcendent power of music

by Michael Cobb

May 25, 2022
War In Ukraine

This is Not a Video Game: U.S. Military Vets in Ukraine

U.S. vets at Columbia and other schools are cutting class to provide medical assistance and combat training in Ukraine

by C.S. Muncy

May 23, 2022
MUSIC

Cro-Magnon Man Harley Flanagan Stands Tall

“I just really made a decision that for the people I love and for myself, I have to improve. What other point is there to it, in being alive?”

by Thomas Gerbasi

May 20, 2022
From The Archives

On Abortion

‘Two years ago, abortion was almost always discussed in feminist terms — as a political issue affecting the condition of women. Since then, the grounds of the debate have shifted drastically.’

by Ellen Willis

Originally published March 5, 1979