Week in Film: Stanley Kubrick, Egyptian ‘Disco Vampire,’ and More

January 19, 2017 By Nicole Disser

S is for Stanley
Friday January 20 through Thursday February 2 at IFC Center: individual screenings, $14

To celebrate the premiere of the S is for Stanley, a documentary that takes a rather unique approach to the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, IFC Center is throwing a two-week retrospective for the director, and it’s starting this Friday. Which is actually perfect timing, really, because if there’s one day this year that you’re desperately going to want to hide from the world, Inauguration Day is probably it.

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Tags: Fangs, film, Ghost Ship, Greenpoint, ifc center, MATCHLESS, movies, Oakland fire, S is for Stanley, spectacle, Stanley Kubrick, Williamsburg

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Week in Shows: Teen Dreams Abound, Discover Digipoetics, and More

January 18, 2017 By Nicole Disser

(Flyer by Alec Lambert)

The Night Before: Retail, White Rope, Deli Girls
Thursday January 19, 8 pm at The Gateway:$5 in advance/ $8 at the door

Well, there’s a super compressor of shows happening this week between now and, as The Gateway calls it “the inevitable.” And we can’t think of a better way to keep your spirits up and get the ol’ body machine moving than a Retail show. You’ve probably seen retail, since they’re one of the hardest working bands in Brooklyn, a borough full of musicians who churn out records, shows and, in Retail’s case, self-replication by way of march, at a grind-till-death pace.

The question is whether that has been in the form of a sticker stuck to a dive bar bathroom door, or at an actual show— but if you know, then you know. If you don’t, you gotta go. The band’s new record Dead cranks it up by nearly every measure, with face-blasting screams that have the kind of sharpness shaped only by scar tissue. It’s majorly fast, unadulterated hardcore. In other words, total catharsis.

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Tags: Art + Culture, Babycastles, Bushwick, diy, Greenpoint, live music, MATCHLESS, music, Retail, shows, The Gateway, The Glove, White Rope

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Shows this Week: Icons of Noise Do the Supergroup + Knockdown Stays Nasty

January 12, 2017 By Nicole Disser

(Flyer via Knockdown Center/ ‘Nasty Women’ & ‘Stay Nasty’)

Stay Nasty
Thursday January 12 through Sunday January 15 at Knockdown Center: first night free, $10 individual, $20 all access pass

Earlier we told you about Nasty Women, the massive new exhibition bringing a whopping 1,000 pieces of art made by 700 artists (all of them women and female-identifying) to Knockdown Center this Friday. The organizers have lined up a “very diverse” group for the everything’s-for-sale exhibition (if you buy it, you get to drag it out the door with you that day), which pretty much guarantees a feeding frenzy. Sounds scary? Well, suck it up and relish in the competition because, seriously, when’s the last time you truly got excited about anything? Plus, if you can bring yourself to cough up a hundo bill–at the very most, since the art work must be priced at $100 or less (yup, that even applies to the fancy sparkly art stars involved in the show)– you can feel like a somewhat sorta decent half-human because all the proceeds are going to Planned Parenthood.

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Tags: Art + Culture, Bushwick, Dead Tenants, Greenpoint, knockdown center, live music, MATCHLESS, music, Narcoleptics, Nasty Women, shows, stay nasty, Subversive Rite, the Footlight, Weeping Icon

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Greenpoint’s Bar Matchless Strikes Back

January 10, 2017 By Nicole Disser

(Photo: Nicole Disser)

Both touring bands and local music fans (aka members of an aloof subculture that you wouldn’t understand) have probably felt a shifting tide. Over the summer, a huge wave of closings washed into Bushwick, sweeping away DIY spots like Palisades then Aviv while making its way through Greenpoint. When it finally crashed into downtown, it showed no mercy to even longtime establishments like The Stone (which plans to close in February of next year), and Cake Shop, with its perfectly legal bar and ten-year lease. Meanwhile, Market Hotel is treading water after cops conducted a “gotcha” raid in October. It might seem like from here on out the only alternatives (start going to Terminal 5? move to New Jersey?) are pretty grim, but at least one still-standing Brooklyn establishment is taking advantage of the vacuum to reimagine themselves as a venue.

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9 Comics Give Michael Che Their Two Cents On His New Daily Show Gig

May 22, 2014 By Joshua D. Fischer

(All photos: Phil Provencio)

On Monday night, Broken Comedy celebrated co-founder Michael Che’s 31st birthday with a full-on blowout. Inside an extremely packed backroom at Matchless in Greenpoint, Che hosted the night alongside co-founder and regular host Nimesh Patel.
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Tags: Arts + Culture, broken comedy, dan soder, Greenpoint, jeffrey ross, leslie jones, mark normand, MATCHLESS, Michael Che, mike birbiglia, neal brennan, nikki glaser, nimesh patel, ricky velez, saturday night live, stand-up comedy, The Daily Show

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The Sex and the City Guy’s New Project Filmed at Matchless Today

February 12, 2014 By Jenna Marotta

(Photo: Jenna Marotta)

Sex and the City creator Darren Star’s new project, Younger, a half-hour comedy pilot for TV Land, shot interiors today at Matchless in Greenpoint. Two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes) plays 40-ish Liza, who sees her kids off to school in the morning, then heads to the office, where her colleagues think that she’s — wait for it — younger than she actually is.
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Tags: Arts + Culture, Bars + Restaurants, Darren Star, Debi Mazar, girls, Greenpoint, Hilary Duff, MATCHLESS, Oh Honey, rockwood music hall, Sex and the City, Sutton Foster, TV Land, warsaw

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Matchless Is ‘An After-School Program For Late-Night Comedians,’ Thanks to This Guy

January 6, 2014 By Joshua D. Fischer

(Photo: Ebru Yildiz)

“Beautiful” is not the first word that comes to mind when you step into the back room at Bar Matchless. But that’s how comic Nimesh Patel affectionately describes the dark, brick and concrete space that houses a small stage with the lonely bones of a drum kit and a couple guitar amps sitting silently on top. As host of the free Monday night show Broken Comedy, Nimesh tirelessly works the room every week.
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Owners of Matchless and No Name Are Relaunching Park Luncheonette Tomorrow

October 4, 2013 By Sara Afzal

(Photo: Sara Afzal)

Greenpoint’s Park Luncheonette on Driggs Avenue, right across from McCarren Park, had a history of being the classic American food spot before it closed down four years ago. Now the team behind Matchless and No Name is reopening the place as of this Saturday. It will maintain the traditional diner feel with some twists: open 24 hours, bar service, and a pizza slice window on the Lorimer Street side.
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Tags: Bars + Restaurants, East Village, MATCHLESS, NO name bar, park luncheonette