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Your Stupid SXSW Tweets, Categorized

I am so bitter about all of this.

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: Media, SXSW, social media, vitamin D deficiency, really, enough about the tacos

Time Warner Cable Ruins Everything

They had better not mess with one hair on Pat Kiernan's head.

• by Kristin Iversen
• Tags: Time Warner Cable, NY1, Pat Kiernan, Jean Luc Picard, Patrick Stewart, Magneto

Today's 17 Best Tweets From Racist FDNY Commissioner's Son

He was sorry! He was scared! He was racist again!

• by Henry Stewart
• Tags: News, joseph cassano, salvatore cassano, fire commissioner, fdny, ems, twitter

Scientific Proof: Williamsburg Hipsters Love PBR

Yes, someone looked into this.

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: Food & Drink, PBR, Williamsburg, hipster science

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Is Spring Breakers As Fun as It Looks?

And will The Call be as dumb as it seems?

• by Jesse Hassenger
• Tags: Film, spring breakers, vanessa hudgens, selena gomez, james franco, harmony korine, the incredible burt wonderstone, steve carell, jim carrey, the call, halle berry, ginger & rosa, sally potter, upside down

If Your Friends Write Your OKCupid Profile, You Will Die Alone

Everyone's a jerk, we learned today.

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: Sex, Media, OKCupid, Cupid With Friends, online dating, your friends are jerks

Which Bushwick Bookstore Is Right For You?

Are you looking for beer, or a guide to pagan rituals?

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: Books, Bookstores, Bushwick, Mellow Pages, Human Relations, Catland, All Eye's on Egypt, Blonde Art Books

Did The Amityville Horror Really Happen?

In My Amityville Horror, a witness tells his story. But is it credible?

• by Henry Stewart
• Tags: Film, my amityville horror, daniel lutz, eric walter, george lutz, amityville horror, amityville, long island

Sponsored Post: Win a Pair of Sunglasses from Lookmatic

Welcome to spring.

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How to Save Money Like a Boss

Have you ever thought of "skiing more cheaply"? Times are tough, everyone.

• by Kristin Iversen
• Tags: News, money, bankers, the 1%, it's nice when men give their wives a generous allowance, skiing, when does the revolution start again? can it start now?

5 Rock Solid Predictions For Brooklyn's VMAs

Start bracing yourself now.

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: Music, TV, MTV, VMA's, Barclays Center, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, Andrew Dice Clay

Win Tickets to See Tubby the Tuba, Narrated by Patti Smith!

Got any Saturday plans?

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Sex, Love and Brooklyn: Doing It For Medical Purposes

In which we learn the true meaning of friendship.

• by Lacy Warner
• Tags: Sex Love and Brooklyn, Sex With Your Friends, Sex for Medical Reasons, Chlamydia, Not Having Chlamydia, Sex With Models

Win a Pair of Tickets to See Sigur Ros on 3/25!

Your Monday night just got better.

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Sex, Love and Brooklyn: Ass-Play and Other Things

Mostly other things, but also ass-play.

• by Lacy Warner
• Tags: Sex, Sex Love and Brooklyn, Sex, Relationships

Too Many Hands On This Hard Body

A new Broadway musical about a bunch of people touching a truck.

• by Ryan Vlastelica
• Tags: Theater, hands on a hard body, broadway, trey anastasio, sergio trujillo, jacob ming-trent, keala settle, keith carradine

Lena Dunham Is In Playboy

She's also in The Onion and guess which publication comes off as douchier?

• by Kristin Iversen
• Tags: Media, Lena Dunham, Playboy, 20 Questions, John Mayer, baring one's soul instead of one's body, The Onion

The Nadir of Writing About Girls Has Been Reached

In which Hannah is America and Adam is China and Ray is Russia.

• by Kristin Iversen
• Tags: Girls, Lena Dunham, foreign policy, Daniel Drezner, America

Is New York Weed Decriminalization Finally Here?

We're so, so close on this.

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: News, weed, marijuana, decriminalization, baby steps

The 3 Best Brooklyn Dates this Week

Do something nice for yourself this weekend.

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Art Picks From Print

A year's worth of late-career carvings as paintings and reflections of Armory shows past and present bracket this set of art picks from our 3/13 issue.

• by Paul D'Agostino
• Tags: Art, Alberto Burri, Luxembourg & Dayan, Front Room, Rust Belt, Sean Hemmerle, Marko Velk, Slag Contemporary, Nude Descending a Staircase, Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

5 International Bands Coming Through New York This Week On Their Way Home From SXSW

Ah, to be in the place that bands have to come after they finally get to leave the place that they had to go.

• by Jeff Klingman
• Tags: Music, SXSW, New York City, International Bands, Live Shows This Week, Stages Not Specifically Presented By Anything, Video

The 5 Best Songs from Twin Peaks

Celebrate Brooklyn native Angelo Badalamenti's birthday!

• by Henry Stewart
• Tags: Film, Music, dyker heights, bay ridge, owl's head, angelo badalamenti, julee cruise, david lynch, twin peaks, Video

5 More Acts Whose Return Albums Would Be a Huge Deal

Timberlake and Bowie return to instant ubiquity. Who else could pull that off?

• by Jeff Klingman
• Tags: Music, Comebacks, Reunions, News Cycles, What it Takes For an Album to Break Into the Cultural Conversation

Girls Recap: I Love You the Way That I Feel Sorry for a Monkey

"Not even the rain has such small hands."

• by Kristin Iversen
• Tags: TV, Girls, recaps, Girls recaps, voicemails, romance, monkeys, don't ever try to cut your own hair, Cool Whip

Psych! Decriminalization's Still Not Happening

Albany still couldn't get it together, it seems.

• by Virginia K. Smith
• Tags: News, weed, marijuana, decriminalization, stop and frisk, NYPD, Bloomberg, Cuomo

Help! My Insurance Company is Trying to Kill Me!

"New York state law mandates you be covered for supplies, excluding supplies."

• by Henry Stewart
• Tags: News, healthcare, health insurance, diabetes, type 1 diabetes, insulin, blood sugar

2 Amazing Things, and 5 Troublesome Things About This Kickstarter-funded Veronica Mars Movie

Veronica Mars rules, but this is a can of worms.

• by Jeff Klingman
• Tags: Film, Veronica Mars, Kickstarter, Kristen Bell, Vinnie Van Lowe, Weevil, Crowd Sourcing, Trend Watching, A Long Time Ago We Used to be Friends But I Haven't Heard From You Lately At All

The 10 Most Cringe-Inducing Moments of Girls Season 2

And there were a lot to choose from.

• by Kristin Iversen
• Tags: TV, Girls, Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham, Game of Thrones

Photos: Celebrating Brooklyn's Bike Builders with Jack Daniel's Hand Crafted

In which all of our favorite things converged in one evening at the Knitting Factory: bikes, whiskey and The Babies.

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• Tags: Slideshow, Video

Is Olympus Has Fallen Worth Seeing?

Should you see Admission instead?

• by Jesse Hassenger
• Tags: Film, olympus has fallen, gerard butler, the croods, dreamworks, admission, the sapphires

The Rise of the Stream and the Death of the Album

What is the Internet doing to full-lengths?

• by Jeff Klingman
• Tags: Album Reviews, Music, Age of the Internet, Phoenix, streams, albums

Kids Today!: Spring Breakers

Harmony Korine's latest features T&A, beer, spring break, James Franco and Disney starlets.

• by Nicolas Rapold
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, spring breakers, harmony korine, james franco, selena gomez, vanessa hudgens

Reality: Like Pinocchio On Big Brother

Matteo Garone's latest concerns a fishmonger obsessed with getting on reality TV.

• by Steve Macfarlane
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, matteo garone, reality, aniello arena

The Grapes of Roth

Philip Roth: Unmasked is a bit too adulatory.

• by Dan Sullivan
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, philip roth: unmasked, william karel, livia manera, philip roth

Le Pont du Nord: Big Brother Is Watching Vous

Rivette's 1981 film finally gets a US release at BAM.

• by Benjamin Mercer
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, le pont du nord, jacques rivette, bam

Dial M for Masterpiece

Fritz Lang's 1931 classic is old, clunky, innovative, well-acted, and great.

• by Justin Stewart
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, m, fritz lang, peter lorre

Only Cityfolk Can Save the Heartland: Leprechaun

The 1993 half-assed horror classic features a neurotic urban refugee who must save her podunk friends from themselves.

• by Simon Abrams
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, leprechaun, warwick davis, jennifer aniston, mark jones

Minstrel on the Make: Ashik Kerib

Sergei Parajanov's 1988 Soviet film isn't social realist—it's enchanting!

• by Elina Mishuris
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, ashik kerib, sergei parajanov

Beautiful and Dumb: Upside Down

How'd they make this movie? How'd this movie get made?

• by Jesse Hassenger
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, upside down, juan solanas, kirsten dunst, jim sturgess

Quentin Tarantino's First and Last Movie for Grown-Ups

Jackie Brown stands apart in the QT oeuvre.

• by Steve Macfarlane
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, jackie brown, quentin tarantino, pam grier, robert forster, michael keaton

The Sapphires: These Dreamgirls Sparkle!

You've seen this story before, but not in this setting.

• by David Goldman
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, the sapphires, wayne blair, chris o'dowd

Kubrick's Sexiest Film

Eyes Wide Shut isn't particularly sexy, but it does confront the director's infamous passionlessness.

• by Max Nelson
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film

Finding the Right Language: Poetic Justice

Hollis Frampton's 1972 film is the second in a seven part series.

• by Aaron Cutler
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, poetic justice, hollis frampton, beatrice gibson, the tiger's mind

The Croods: Almost an Animated Classic

DreamWorks features are best when helmed by the director of Lilo & Stitch.

• by Jesse Hassenger
• Tags: Film Reviews, Film, the croods, chris sanders, kirk de micco, dreamworks, nicolas cage

Tørst: The Best Beer Bar in Brooklyn

Greenpoint has a truly amazing new spot for beer and design nerds alike. But mostly beer nerds.

• by Niko Krommydas
• Tags: Bar Reviews, Food & Drink, tørst, torst, greenpoint, beer bar, jeppe jarnit-bjergsø, daniel burns

Qi Thai Grill: Featuring Infinity Sex-Figurines

The decor is bawdy at this Williamsburg Thai spot.

• by Kara Zuaro
• Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Food & Drink

Top of the Tapas: La Mujer Gala

Prepare for great Spanish food and wine at this new Prospect Heights bar.

• by Cathy Erway
• Tags: Bar Reviews, Food & Drink, la gran mujer, prospect heights, tapas

The Revisionist: Behold Vanessa Redgrave, Eighth Wonder of the World

Our greatest actress astounds audiences in Jesse Eisenberg's new play.

• by Dan Callahan
• Tags: Theater Reviews, Theater, the revisionist, jesse eisenberg, vanessa redgrave

The Most "You're So Fat" Jokes You Ever Heard

The Pearl Theatre's Henry IV Part I is a hoot—when it's not a bore.

• by Henry Stewart
• Tags: Theater Reviews, Theater, henry iv part i, shakespeare, pearl theatre, davis mccallum, dan daily

Where Classical Music Meets Boxing

The director of STRIKE! at Gleason's Gym explains his strange evening of theater.

• by Henry Stewart
• Tags: Theater Reviews, Theater, strike!, gleason's gym, international street cannibals, dan barrett

Cooking With Cojones

Judging Flux Factory's terrifying and exhilarating Iron Chef competition.

• by Paddy Johnson
• Tags: Art Fag City, flux factory, iron chef, aliya bonar

Birth Uncontrol

Dear Audrey, Can I take birth-control pills if I'm a fat lady?

• by Audrey Ference
• Tags: Sex With the Natural Redhead, birth control, st. john's wort, overweight

Do You Give Money to Panhandlers?

"Maybe if I was on a date. I might give money to impress a girl."

• by Ryan Vlastelica

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8 Great Brooklyn Artists Under 30

Meet the borough's newest art stars.

• by Paddy Johnson
• Tags: Features, Slideshow