On Demand
Archive for month: October, 2008
Take Art. Add Race, Politics. Stir.
By Claudia La Rocco
October 31, 2008
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in “Another Evening: Serenade/The Proposition.” Photo: Paul B. Goode.
For its September 25-October 1 issue, “Time Out New York” anointed “The New York 40.” Some readers wrote in, wondering why TONY’s list of movers and shakers was almost entirely monochromatic. The editor published a response, including the following:
“…for better […]
Watchmen, The Hip Hop Vote, Halloween
By WNYC Culture
October 31, 2008
Photo by Flickr user superk8nyc
On today’s Halloween episode of the Last Night, Right Now and Beyond podcast, we have superheros and presidential candidates on your doorstep. Last night, we stopped by a comic book signing for Dave Gibbons, the artist behind Watchmen, and WNYC’s Arun Venugopal looks into the role of hip hop in […]
La la la la la la…
By Nathan Lee
October 31, 2008
“Rosemary’s Baby” is back at Film Forum for a 40th anniversary release perfectly timed for Halloween. What’s left to say about Roman Polanski’s neo-gothic classic? Melissa Anderson and I came up with a thing or two - and a rendition of the film’s famous lullaby to boot!
Take a listen to our thoughts on “Baby” vis-a-vis […]
Booted Out
By Nathan Lee
October 31, 2008
The Pioneer Theater is no more. Tonight’s midnight screening of “Night of the Living Dead” will be its last.
Meeting with Bodhisattva, Political Ads, Asia Argento
By WNYC Culture
October 30, 2008
Photo by Jack Vartoogian
On today’s Last Night, Right Now and Beyond podcast, making an impact. Drums from the show Meeting with Bodhisattva linger in the ears of WNYC’s Karen Frillman, Antoni Muntadas and Marshall Reese look at how internet advertising has made this year a watershed moment for political media, and Art.Cult’s Nathan Lee calls […]
Asia Rising
By Nathan Lee
October 30, 2008
Actor, writer, director, phenomenon: Asia Argento has risen from hipster notoriety to become one of most buzzed about figures on the international film scene. From her not-so-humble roots staring in sexploitation thrillers for her father, giallo master Dario Argento, to bit parts in movies by Sophia Coppola, Gus Vant Sant, and George Romero, to the […]
Theater as (Meta) Staged Television
By Claudia La Rocco
October 30, 2008
Raúl Esparza, Jeremy Piven and Elisabeth Moss in “Speed-The-Plow.” Photos by Brigitte Lacombe
I’m guessing that some poor techie got his clock cleaned after yesterday’s matinee of “Speed-the-Plow,” the David Mamet play that opened on Broadway last week.
A few moments before the ending, the stage lights unexpectedly cut out, breaking the momentum of the final […]
$treet Art, Tin Pan Alley, Kim Deitch
By WNYC Culture
October 29, 2008
Last night at SVA, a panel gathered to discuss the increasing popularity of street art — we spoke with artists and even an advertiser about this unique moment for the art form.
Plus, we take a look into Tin Pan Alley, the gritty 2-block strip of W. 28th Street, that was once home to America’s leading […]
Got Milk?
By Nathan Lee
October 28, 2008
As I type this, “Milk” is having its world premiere at the Castro Theater in San Francisco. One of the most anticipated movies of the season, Gus Vant Sant’s biopic of City Supervisor Harvey Milk - the first openly gay man elected to office in America - is being unveiled literally across the street from […]
The Art of Obituaries, Democracy and Soccer
By WNYC Culture
October 28, 2008
From the Economist’s obituary of Martin Tytell, a man who loved typewriters
This is the Last Night, Right Now and Beyond podcast. In today’s show, the art of a good obituary, of democracy, and of soccer. We have an excerpt from a lively conversation about obituaries at the NYPL, we see how the show […]