Category Archives: History

This Is 40: Roe v. Wade, 2013

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Terry O’Neill, president of National Organization for Women, a tireless fighter for women’s rights, will lead a candlelight vigil tomorrow, January 22, from 5:00-6:00 pm, at the U.S. Supreme Court to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The Court’s … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Sit Indoors on a Sunny Saturday

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

Brothers and filmmaking partners, 20-something New Yorkers Josh Safdie and Ben Safdie have curated a program of shorts, “Take Me to the Balloony Bin!” for BamcinemaFest, screening today at 2 pm.  The Safdies latest, “The Black Balloon,” follows the eponymous … Continue reading →

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Confederates in the Subway

Posted on June 5, 2012 by

As Patrick and I waited for Jennifer and Sarah inside the entrance to the Times Square subway station, I thought I heard “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” being played below us.  Sure that it was an acoustical distortion–when I … Continue reading →

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Good Vibrations

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

The cover of this week’s Back Stage (and two articles) feature portraits of British actor Hugh Dancy from my recent shoot. In his newest film, “Hysteria,” opening tomorrow in New York and Los Angeles, Dancy stars as Mortimer Granville, an … Continue reading →

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“Jazz and Junk”

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Bearing a striking resemblance to the Steve Buscemi of the future (the “Boardwalk Empire” actor wasn’t yet  four when Shirley Clarke‘s first feature, “The Connection” premiered in Cannes in 1961), Leach (Warren Finnerty) invites us into his Greenwich Village “pad,” … Continue reading →

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May Day, mayday: We Are the Rescue We’ve Been Waiting For

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

May Day originated in Chicago in 1886 with mass strikes as part of the battle to secure the eight-hour workday.  On May Day 2012 the fight is for a better world for the 99%–including workers, students, immigrants, the unemployed, the … Continue reading →

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Summer in March–great but not good

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

In the New York Times this week, they called it “weather weirding.” Patrick had said that the almost snowless winter, while not normal, is less worrisome than it might be–it’s not an El Niño year, typically stormy, but a La … Continue reading →

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Kucinich v. Kaptur: Nation Loses

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

There was another election in Ohio on Tuesday.  And one of Congress’ most stalwart progressives, Dennis Kucinich, lost his primary race to a somewhat/sometime right (that is, left)-thinking Democratic, Marcy Kaptur. Kucinich’s House eviction by gerrymandering was orchestrated by the … Continue reading →

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The Theater with No Name

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

The Kodak Theater, the Oscars’ (custom-built) home for the last decade, is now nameless.  Although Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, the judge’s decision releasing the company from the $3.6 million annual naming fee came just last week.  It … Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows Successfully Defend Loving Couples

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

In San Francisco today a three-judge panel of The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled what was, duh, obvious: Proposition 8 violates equal protection under the law and therefore is unconstitutional. “Although the Constitution permits communities to … Continue reading →

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