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SEVEN DECADES

Fire Island A to Z

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Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X.” This famous “double dolly” shot made it appear that the character was floating through Washington Heights, near the Audubon Ballroom, where Malcolm X was assassinated, in 1965.

VOICE CHOICE

Making Movies in NYC Might Seem Thrilling, But You Can Get the Real Dope at a Live Q&A

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Chiwetel Ejiofor goes walkabout amid the horrors of the mundane.

FILM

Review: Kane Parsons’ ‘Backrooms’ Explores the Evil Architecture of Banality

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The males gaze: The duo who gave us back the Blues can always be counted on for stylish lasciviousness.

MUSIC

The Rolling Stones Descend Into the Uncanny Valley – and Live to Sing the Tale

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Coming and going: A school bus and a VW bus run on flower power in the Bronx.

VOICE CHOICE

Find Your Good Vibrations this Summer at the New York Botanical Garden’s “Flower Power” 

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In 2017, Gregg Henry led a version of "Julius Caesar" that ignited extreme reactions.

SEVEN DECADES

Blood Bath: In 2017, Shakespeare in the Park Went After the ‘Cheeto Caesar’

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He’s back: The Bard gets ready for Shakespeare in the Park, 2026.

VOICE CHOICE

Get Your Shakespeare with a Dose of Summery Central Park Vibes 

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Half a century and counting: Adrien Brody, once more in the Village Voice, photographed by his mother, Sylvia Plachy — this time during rehearsals for the Broadway play “The Fear of 13.”

Theater

Being Adrien Brody: Hollywood, Broadway, and the Decisive Moments of His Youth

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“They remain terrifying and beautiful, like death and the human condition”: Samson Flexor’s 1968 “Portrait of Vilém Flusser” and “Monster” (1969); pages 39 and 40 of “The Society of the Screen.”

BOOKS

‘The Society of the Screen’ Spotlights a Prophet of Tech Anxiety

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