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Like a Complete Unknown: I'm Not There and
the Changing Face of Bob Dylan on Film


Cover story by J. Hoberman

I'm Not There is the movie of the year—but to whom does Todd Haynes's Bob Dylan biopic actually belong, and when was it really made?

The great attention-grabber of last month's New York Film Festival, I'm Not There is as notable for its stunt casting as its elusive subject. It Read more. . .


Why Mailer Matters
News by Tom Robbins


Headless Models and Disembodied Voices at Grand Central
Nyclife by Lynn Yaeger


A Tornado Hits Desperate Housewives!
Nyclife by Michael Musto


Dry Academia—and Slightly Wetter Hotel Antics—at a Midwestern Sex Conference
Pucker Up by Tristan Taormino


Reinvigorating New Orleans with the Hot 8 Brass Band
Music by Larry Blumenfeld


Abbey Road Gets a Strange Spin at Collective: Unconscious
Theater by Eliza Bent


Daily Rockie Horoscope
Plus: Free Will Astrology


news «

Why Mailer Matters
Appreciating the rascal writer who started it all
News by Tom Robbins


Congress and the Disappeared
Still waiting for our representatives—and presidential candidates—to address criminal U.S. kidnappings
Nat Hentoff by Nat Hentoff


22 Will Get You 15
What happened when the persistent pickpocket met the hanging Queens judge
Runnin' Scared by Sean Gardiner


Steph Infection
Marbury's back like a bad rash, but that's the way Isiah wanted it
Runnin' Scared by Tom Kertes


nyc life + nyc guide «

Rocco DiSpirito's Last Meal: Overdosing on Love, Olive Oil
Bringing back Nonna and her chicken coop
Nyclife by Nina Lalli


Social Engineering
All aboard at Grand Central with headless models and StoryCorps
Nyclife by Lynn Yaeger


Strike While the Irony's Hot
Making lemonade from lemons; reflections about a golden eye; jousting with Joosten.
Nyclife by Michael Musto


Greenpoint's New Bowling Alley: Time-Warp Look and Prices to Match
Old Milwaukee chandeliers, but Sixpoint in the pitchers
Liquid City by Alexis Sottile


people «

November 16 through 22, 2007
Rockie Horoscope
Rockie Weekly Horoscope by Rockie


When Every Girl You See is Hotter Than Your Wife, What Do You Do?
Savage Love by Dan Savage


That New-Car Smell
Selling autos the same way on both sides of the border
Ask a Mexican! by Gustavo Arellano


Midwestern Kink
Dry academia—and slightly wetter hotel antics—at an Indy sex conference
Pucker Up by Tristan Taormino


Sign up for our daily newsletter, VOICE CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which shows to see.

music «

First-Rate Second-Liners
Reinvigorating New Orleans with the Hot 8 Brass Band
Music by Larry Blumenfeld


Doom, But Not Gloom
Delightedly running in circles at Japanther's dino-themed "comedic rock opera"
Dirty Blonde by Annie Fischer


The Wholesome Thrills of Small-Town Porn
Sugarland's tales of red-state grandeur resonate even if you've never made a casserole
Down in Front by Rob Harvilla


Major-label hip-hop records in burying-best-tracks shocker!
Singles Going Steady by Christopher R. Weingarten


When Now Wasn't Soon Enough
Everything great—and everything you forgot was lousy—about British guitar-rock
Box Elders by Barry Walters


Burial's Untrue
Dreamlike dubstep, anonymous but optimistic.
Music by Dave Stelfox


Project Runway
Three R&B lovermen try on different outfits, literally, metaphorically, and sexually
Reviews by Mikael Wood


James Murphy & Pat Mahoney's Fabriclive 36
Ethereal, euphoric disco from a restless muse
Music by Alfred Soto


Six Organs of Admittance's Shelter from the Ash
Volatile, incoherent folk for chair-throwers and poor singers
Music by Werner Trieschmann


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film «

Old Hollywood
At 93 and the subject of a new documentary, Norman Lloyd is still in the biz
Film by John Anderson


Intelligent Design
Academic PYT meets, seduces her literary hero in Starting Out in the Evening
Film by Ella Taylor


August Rush
Tracking Shots by Ella Taylor


Everything's Cool
Tracking Shots by Julia Wallace


It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine!
Tracking Shots by Chuck Wilson


I'm Not There and the Changing Face of Bob Dylan on Film
Film by J. Hoberman


Who Is Norman Lloyd?
Tracking Shots by Julia Wallace


What a Toad
Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted
Film by Robert Wilonsky


Condensation Nation
Latest Stephen King adaptation all fogged up
Film by Chuck Wilson


Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
Tracking Shots by Ella Taylor


Midnight Eagle
Tracking Shots by Aaron Hillis


This Christmas
Tracking Shots by Aaron Hillis


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art «

Let's Get Stitched
A radical take on an old art, 'Pricked' needles the traditional craft of embroidery
Art by Leslie Camhi


Philip Guston, Jasper Johns, and Butch Hancock
Recommendations by R.C. Baker
Best in Show by R.C. Baker


Fog Alert
Antony Gormley's installation will leave you misty-eyed
Art by Leslie Camhi


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books «

The Ego and the Italy
In Love Falls, novelist Esther Freud watches a daughter come to know her distant father
Books by Alexis Soloski


Arthur Nersesian's The Swing Voter of Staten Island
The city moves west in an alternate-history novel
Books by Alexis Soloski


Sign up for our daily newsletter, VOICE CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which readings to attend.

theater «

Polythene Pan
Abbey Road gets a strange spin at Collective: Unconscious
Theater by Eliza Bent


Edward and Will
Albee enriches his own youthful work; CSC reanimates one of Shakespeare's
Theater by Michael Feingold


Robert Farquhar's Bad Jazz Hits a Lot of Right Notes
Theater by Michael Feingold


Adam Rapp's Bingo With the Indians
Sightlines by Garrett Eisler


Howard Barker's A Hard Heart
Sightlines by Andy Propst


Sean Graney's The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide
Sightlines by John Beer


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cartoon «


Why Bush's Poll Numbers Are So Low
This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow


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