• Issue Archive for the Week of
  • Mar 25 - Apr 7, 2009
  • Vol. 7, No. 6

Books

  • Castle

    Given current official reconsiderations of our country’s stance on torture and the Iraq War, J. Robert Lennon’s newest novel seems an apt examination of the effects of violence, both on those subjected to it and those who administer it.
  • Vilnius Poker

    “’You can’t demand too much of a Lithuanian writer’s imagination.’”

Music

  • Röyksopp

    With a little help from their lady-friends.
  • Fever Ray

    Just like the Knife, but without the dude. Also, sadder.
  • 1990s

    We know dance-punk is over. You know dance-punk is over. But do 1990s know dance punk is over? Unclear.
  • Lotus Plaza

    Deerhunter guitarist goes solo, deserves more credit for making Deerhunter sound like Deerhunter.

Film

  • Duplicity

    Directed by Tony Gilroy
  • The Feature

    Directed by Michel Auder and Andrew Neel
  • American Swing

    Directed by Mathew Kaufman and Jon Hart
  • Hunger

    Directed by Steve McQueen
  • Sin Nombre

    Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga

Food & Drink

  • Judd Dud

    Marfa, a Texas town that brings so many images to mind, few of them good, has been reinvented as an LES bar and restaurant.
  • Secret History

    Speakeasy Raines Law Room feigns exclusivity, but proves accommodating and full of surprises.

Horoscope

Art

Theater

  • The Secret Agenda of Trees

    This sad tale of rural poverty is exactly the kind of theater we need right now. Seriously.
  • A Gathering

    An exercise in esoterics goes too far for its own good, not to mention ours.

Columns

Special

News & Features

  • BOOM or BUST?

    When it comes to our artists, we (by which I mean the public at large) have something of a sadistic streak. We like to see them suffer.

Blogs


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