We all know that so-called cinephiles jet off to places like SXSW just to booze it up on the company dime, but just try getting…
Patti Smith Sang Some Lou Reed at a Gala For Anthology Film Archives’ Expansion
Video courtesy of Jonas Mekas I don’t know about you, but galas are not an everyday thing around these parts– the closest this reporter’s been…
Drink Like a Detective at the Burlesque-Filled Launch of This New Noir Novel
It’d be impossible for Bradley Spinelli to top the suicide-themed set that Questlove did for his debut novel, Killing Williamsburg, but the B+B contributor’s latest book launch should…
Watch Anne Heche and Sandra Oh Brawl in a Bushwick Tire Yard, in Catfight
When Onur Tukel unveiled Abbie Singer/Songwriter at the Brooklyn Film Festival, we noted that he’d premiered three features in two years, which pretty much made…
Just Beaming: Dr. Laser Invited Us Into His Holographic Lair
Walking along 27th Street between Broadway and 6th Avenue, you’ll hit the Radio Wave Building, where electrical engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla used to live…
Raymond Pettibon Breaks Out From Behind the Black Flag Bars, at New Museum Show
As he introduced the new Raymond Pettibon retrospective, New Museum artistic director Massimiliano Gioni admitted that he first became aware of the artist via his…
Disco Is Ah, Ah, Ah Stayin’ Alive at Museum of Sex’s New Exhibit Cum Nightclub
When we popped into the Museum of Sex last night for a preview of their new exhibit on erotic outsider art, we didn’t expect to…
Aliens and Zombies and Androids, Oh My! It’s the NY Sci-Fi Film Fest
Now that you’re done binging on Black Mirror and Westworld, it’s good to know there’s a sci-fi film fest in the not-so-distant future. The New York Science Fiction Film Festival launches next Friday, January…
Panorama Lineup: NIN, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, Tribe, and More
Perhaps a mental exercise will help you cope with this frigid Monday morning: Imagine you’re on an island, in a field of grass. The summer sun is shining…
Hallelujah, Film Forum Is Screening the Leonard Cohen Tour Doc, ‘Bird On a Wire’
If you’re still mourning the loss of Leonard Cohen last month, this may help: Film Forum is screening Tony Palmer’s classic documentary Leonard Cohen: Bird…