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'Shaken Up Versions' Offers A Chaotic Last Credence From The Knife
Fans who managed to catch The Knife in concert this past spring will be familiar with the shrieks and aerobically intense performance of siblings Karin and Olof Dreijer. The Swedish electronic pop...
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'Born To Drum' Presents A Wide World Of Dudes, And One Chapter For The Ladies
Not sure if I’ve outed myself before, but when I’m not helping to prop up the New Sounds Empire, I’m a drummer -- playing metal, rock, and pop. As a teacher of drums -- a lot of my students identify as...
View ArticleBig Huge: Explosive Power Pop
Call it the "pressure cooker effect": cramped, over-heated conditions that result in a tasty final product. It's an effect in full evidence on the new song "Can't Lie" from Brooklyn's Big Huge. The...
View ArticleSlate: The Culture Gabfest, Hail Caesar Edition
In this week's Culture Gabfest, our critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner discuss the new movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring motion-capture master Andy Serkis. Next, they...
View ArticleThe Sun Continues to Rise (for a Few More Weeks) at the New York Theatre...
—There is much good to be said about the very fine Elevator Repair Service production, “The Select (The Sun Also Rises),” which has been extended through Oct. 23. One of the highlights of this...
View ArticleNew Movies: 'The Ides of March' and 'Real Steel'
This weekend, two of the season's biggest star vehicles are opening in theaters. "The Ides of March," with George Clooney as a distinctly pre-2008 Obama-like candidate, and Ryan Gosling as an...
View ArticleReview: Metropolitan Opera's Entrancing and Enigmatic Parsifal
Most Wagner operas show multiple faces to the world – their mythological roots, the culture of Wagner’s own time and what future generations impose upon his works – particularly in the contemplative,...
View ArticleNew Movie Releases of the Week: Turbo, R.I.P.D, The Conjuring, Red 2
Snails, spooks, spirits...and Bruce Willis. That's your Movie Date lineup for this weekend. The new films "Turbo," "R.I.P.D," "The Conjuring," and "Red 2" are all hitting the box office this...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: 'The Hunger Games,' 'Delivery Man,' 'The Christmas Cradle'
A Dystopia, many estranged children, and a Christmas miracle all hit movie theaters this weekend with the release of "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire," "Delivery Man," and "The Christmas Candle.""The...
View ArticleMovie Reviews: 'Frozen,' 'Oldboy,' 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,' 'Black...
The Thanksgiving movie rush is upon us and The Movie Date team is here to tell you what to see and what to skip this holiday weekend. "Frozen," the new animated Disney movie, tells the tale of one...
View Article'Her' Makes Sex with Software OK, and I'm OK With That
A video movie review, and musing on modern life from New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi.The very concept of Her, the new movie by Spike Jonze is unsettling, but it might also be prescient.The New...
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You can now use emojis to search Yelp
Business review site Yelp has added an update to its mobile app allowing users to search with emojis.So if you want to eat pork, you put in the little piggy icon, and if you want to go to Peter Lugers,...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Transcendence,' 'Heaven is for Real,' and the TV Series 'Fargo'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen grapple with two very different interpretations of life after death, in "Heaven is For Real" and "Transcendence." The first is a faith-based film...
View ArticleE-Commerce and Free Speech
If the process of unmasking anonymous negative commenters is too easy, then defamation lawsuits could be used to intimidate consumers. If it’s too hard to find out who’s slandering your business...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Brick Mansions,' 'The Other Woman,' and Movie Therapy
This week's Movie Date podcast is all about revenge, as Rafer and Kristen review "Brick Mansions" and "The Other Woman." "Brick Mansions" centers on a good cop (Paul Walker) who's out to kill the man...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2,' 'Belle,' 'Locke'
In this week's Movie Date podcast, Rafer and Kristen enlist the help of a real comic book enthusiast as they review "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." Scott Rosenberg, in addition to loving superheroes, is...
View ArticleMovie Date: 'Neighbors,' 'Moms' Night Out,' 'Chef,' 'Legends of Oz: Dorothy's...
It's an odd mix of adult humor, faith-based comedy, indie food porn, and animated family fair in this week's Movie Date podcast, as Rafer and Kristen review "Neighbors" (starring Seth Rogan and Zac...
View Article#48 -- Art Critics Love Us On Yelp
Brian Droitcour is a professional art critic, and a Yelp user. In 2012 he started using the popular review site to post his reactions to galleries and museums, using a distinctly un-art world-y voice....
View ArticleAs Newspapers Cut Music Critics, a Dark Time for the Arts or Dawn of a New Age?
It's no secret that arts coverage has been slashed by many news media outlets looking to pare costs, and there are fewer writers and less space devoted to serious classical music criticism. This year...
View ArticleMovie Date: Films to Catch and Skip This Weekend
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Every Friday, the co-hosts of The Movie Date Podcast—Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and Kristen Meinzer, culture producer for The...
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