On the eightieth anniversary of Welles’s “War of the Worlds” we revisit Mark Jacobson’s 1979 review of the great auteur’s role in another End-Times production
October 30, 2018
“In the end, Trump got his land, investing nothing but his time and effort, and squeezing every ounce of potential profit out of the deal.”
Originally published January 22, 1979
Before the ghosts, ghouls, bloodsuckers, and Trump masks of our own time, Villagers were concerned with something even more scary
October 29, 2018
A greatest hits from 63 years of Voice artistry, with plenty more to come
October 26, 2018
With the midterms approaching, the Republicans are once again amping up the fear factor. In 2016 cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez pictured President Trump’s fondest dream as the divisive nightmare it always was.
October 25, 2018
In 1977, Lester Bangs called Queen live ‘Fantasia for dodos and 14-year-olds.’ He also wrote that Freddie Mercury could become ‘the next Liza Minnelli.’
October 24, 2018
With no New York teams in the Fall Classic, we revisit Voice coverage of the 1978 World Series, the Dodgers returning to Brooklyn, and ‘answers in the universe we simply shouldn’t question’
Originally published October 23, 2018
Before Mohammed bin Salman, the elite feted the Shah of Iran, despite all the blood on his hands
October 17, 2018