Bourne Goes to Iraq

Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon's Green Zone is an essential thriller... if you can't remember anything that's happened in the last seven years.

By Nicolas Rapold

American Idol Recap: Oh, Hey America, Fuck You, You Are So Stupid

Way to go, everyone else. You continue to ruin everything.

By Mike Conklin

American Idol Recap: In Which A Muscle-Bound Camera Whore Makes Kara Weep

The Top 12 is set. Damned if I know who's in it, but it's set.

By Mike Conklin

McSweeney's Debuts 3-D Technology to Make Reading Better

No longer will we be trapped in our dull two-dimensional imaginations.

By Jonny Diamond

Going On Today...

in Theater

in Music

This domestic drama is only loosely based on Ibsen's Lady From the Sea, but if we hadn't told you, you'd probably never have guessed. That's because instead of being set in a lighthouse on a Norwegian fjord it takes place in the Cape Cod home of a wealthy psychiatrist whom Leda, a one-time Downtown art-rock star, has married. Going a little crazy on the Cape, dealing with the death of her infant, and confronted by someone from her past, Leda struggles to keep her once relaxing life together. $18

HERE Arts Center, 145 Sixth Ave., between Spring and Dominick Sts, Soho

Music

Pop Scene:<br> Auto-Tune at its Best... and Worst

Pop Scene:
Auto-Tune at its Best... and Worst

We look at songs by Orianthi, T-Pain and Timbaland, only one of which is even remotely listenable.

By Mike Conklin and Benjamin Sutton

Goth Goes Mainstream, Sorta

Dear God, I Hate Myself is not only Xiu Xiu's band's best-named record to date, it's also their most approachable.

By Jeff Klingman

The Shout Out Louds Grow Up

The Swedish band experiments with more interesting textures and varied tempos, but they're still a pop band, and proud of it.

By Lauren Beck

Still Quasi After All These Years

Over fifteen years into their career, the Portland mainstays release American Gong, containing some of the best work they've ever done.

By Jeff Klingman

Feb 17, 2010

Film

All About the Mother

Bong Joon-ho's quirky neo-noir Mother tracks an unlikely detective's ruthless investigation.

By Benjamin Sutton

Robert Pattinson Caused 9/11

Full of potential, Remember Me will instead be remembered as an offensive disaster.

By Benjamin Sutton

This Movie Will Self-Destruct In 80 Minutes

Local indie The Exploding Girl is its own worst enemy.

By Andrew Schenker

On a Scale of 1 to 10...

Hateful "romantic" "comedy" She's Out of My League is really asking for it.

By Nick McCarthy

Food & Drink

Philippine Dream

Ditmas Park's Purple Yam will almost definitely knock your socks off.

By Kara Zuaro

Feb 17, 2010

Roebling Inn: The Song Remains the Same (Sort of)

You take one bar out, you put another bar in... The Roebling Inn is just ok, for now.

By Kara Zuaro

Feb 3, 2010

A Bistro Named Sue

Sue Perette's new French on Smith Street is perfectly unfussy.

By Kara Zuaro

Jan 20, 2010

Cheap Eats in Fancy Digs

Now you can tell people you ate somewhere posh without actually spending lots of money.

Jan 20, 2010

Columns

Sex With the Natural Redhead

Sleep Sex, Amateur Hookers and Physics

By Audrey Ference

In which many exciting facts about sex and the Animal Kingdom are revealed.

Fashionville

Snow Nor Tragedy Stops Fashion Week

By Laurel Pinson

A blizzard. The awful death of Alexander McQueen. Fashion Week stops for nothing.

The Conscientious Objector

Orcas Don't Kill People, Zoos Kill Orcas

By Amanda Park Taylor

It's time we put an end to zoos.

Art Fag City

This Year's Whitney Biennial: It's Good

By Paddy Johnson

One of the best biennials in years has plenty of great stuff for everyone... And somehow it all fits.

The Power of My Proven System

Let's Do the Right Thing and Lose to Canada

By Timothy Bracy

In which Timothy Bracy makes a case for pre-emptive hockey failure.

Fare is Fair

Do You Think the Hands-Free Ban is Fair?

By Marian Lorraine

Not only are cell phones banned, but cabbies are no longer allowed to talk, even if it's hands-free.

Reviews

Album

Has Yeasayer Developed or Simply Changed Directions?

On Odd Blood, the Brooklyn band adopts a handful of new sounds that would be better served with aspects of their old one.

By Mike Conklin

Theater

Abortion Can Be Funny

The premiere of Jonathan Reynolds' Girls in Trouble at the Flea falters in the third trimester.

By Benjamin Sutton

Books

Bolaño Goes Extra Dark with Monsieur Pain

Prolific Chilean continues to produce from beyond the grave.

By Henry Stewart

Film

Cute Kids Are Cinematic Scam Artists

Ponzi-themed family drama Children of Invention hooks its take on the zeitgeist to a couple of vulnerable moppets.

By Henry Stewart

Restaurant

I Won't Take Manhattan

North Brooklyn's latest hipster outpost ain't all that.

By Keith Wagstaff

The Measure

Cirque du So Late

"Banana Shpeel" delayed, again. Which probably means it's gonna be really good.

Posted by Henry Stewart at 11:15 AM

10 Tumblr Haiku Sites (and 1 Twitter Haiku!)

Godzilla Haiku
the latest in a Tumblr
trend that you should track.

Posted by Benjamin Sutton at 10:47 AM

Deitch Colleague Kathy Grayson Taking Some of the Closing Gallery's Artists

Early details on plans for a post-Deitch Soho gallery.

Posted by Benjamin Sutton at 10:11 AM

The Measure cont'd

India Song: Memory's Endless Purgatorial Waltz

A new retrospective of the films of Marguerite Duras includes hauntingly hermetic exercise.

Posted by David Phelps at 9:45 AM

Your Weekend at the Movies, Trying to Avoid That Hi-larious Remember Me Spoiler

Don't worry, we don't give it away (in this post at least).

Posted by Jesse Hassenger at 8:59 AM

American Idol Recap: Oh, Hey America, Fuck You, You Are So Stupid

Way to go, everyone else. You continue to ruin everything.

Posted by Mike Conklin at 10:00 PM

Listicles

8 Not Sad Missing Dog Signs

By Ben

We are very happy to report that we have never had to make a sign for a missing pet (or, goodness forbid, human), but if we did we doubt we...

12 Pretty Post-It Note Animations

By Ben

Remember how in that awful chick flick Romy and Micheleâ€™s High School Reunion (1997), the two title characters end up saying that they made it big by inventing the Post-It,...

Top 10 Movie Gang Fights

By Ben

We were in a gang fight once. Well, we saw one. From really far away. It may have been a rugby team practiceâ€¦ At any rate, we much prefer seeing...

Classified Directory

NIGHTLIFE Bushwick, Brooklyn

Kings County Bar

Beer and whiskey without the distractions of windows or television. Backyard patio, rotating local art, friendly bartenders, colorful regulars, and quality music on the jukebox provide more reasons to visit this hidden gem. Look for the crown over the door — that’s the entrance.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Lower East Side, Manhattan

Lois Eastlund

A little Mod London, a little Punk NYC, designer Lois Eastlund handcrafts all the indie-influenced men’s and women’s clothing here, save for her exceptional vintage picks.

NIGHTLIFE Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Iona

One of the oldest bars in Williamsburg, this Irish/Scottish pub has 22 drafts on tap, wines, whiskeys and other fine liquors. Beer garden with table tennis and open fireplaces. Check http://myspace.com/ionasports for soccer times and http://ionabrooklyn.com for weekly DJs and a live music calendar.

RESTAURANTS Fort Greene, Brooklyn

iCi

Fresh, seasonal, local ingredients, natural wine list & full bar. $26 3-course prix-fixe every night from at 5:30pm until 10pm (until 11pm Fri & Sat). Brunch Sat-Sun 9am-4pm. Private room upstairs.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Lower East Side, Manhattan

Inborn Tattoo

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

RePop

RePop is a vintage wonderland curated with the charm of an old-fashioned Parisian boutique. Curious oddities, mid-century furnishings, art salon.

CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg Psychotherapy

Henrietta Statham, L.C.S.W., Psy. A, experienced licensed psychoanalytic psychotherapist, helping individuals realize their goals and reverse undermining behaviors that are in the way of a satisfying life: Anxiety, depression, anger, relationship issues, self-deefeating patterns, creative/work blocks. Call for a free consultation. Sliding scale fee.

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