“So long as Nixon is allowed to campaign against Abbie Hoffman, so long will the Great Silent Majority continue to swell into terrifyingly Hitlerian hordes”
Originally published March 12, 1970
“Improbable as it may seem, Michael Douglas currently commands a per-picture salary of some $15 million just to play That Evil White Guy You’re Always Complaining About.”
Originally published March 7, 1995
“Don’t wait for a critical consensus to form around a film before you deign to see it. Rush off on your own, and maybe you can start your own cult.”
Originally published December 18, 1978
“Watching the filming, one wonders how many potential ‘taxi drivers’ stalk the city streets. Where does life begin and Central Casting end?”
Originally published August 18, 1975
Thirty years ago “Do the Right Thing” was already controversial — four Voice writers wrote their own things.
Originally published June 20, 1989
30 years ago, the Voice ran a full court press on Spike Lee's masterpiece, 'Do the Right Thing'
Originally published June 20, 1989
Who would have guessed there’d be so much sex and drugs?
December 23, 2017