Six For Five
When Montreal-based artist Pat Hamou came across an old lineup photo of Murder Inc. hitman Abe "Kid Twist" Reles in an old New York Daily News, he was mesmerized. He began researching figures from the golden er...
Call Me James
The first time rock journalist Steve Bloom sat down with James Brown, the Godfather of Soul reamed his ass. That was before Brown found out that Bloom was a Jew.
If You Build It
"I first went to Israel in 1959 and I have very fond memories of it," Richard Meier tells me from his office in New York City. "I never thought I'd actually have the opportunity to work there."
Thanks to the...
Hebrew Goes Platinum
Yael Naim does in fact have a MacBook Air Notebook, and yes, it was free. Apple gave it to her because she recorded the perfect song to launch its revolutionary laptop. You know the commercial—it's the one in w...
_Mister Lonely_
By Pamela Chelin
In the late '90s, writer/director Harmony Korine (Kids, Gummo, Julien Donkey-Boy) was the "it" boy of New York's downtown scene. To escape the spotlight, he moved to London and then to Paris w...
RASL Dazzle
The most highly anticipated comic book in years (aside from the sequel to Frank Miller's Dark Knight) doesn't feature superheroes, nor is it published by Marvel or DC. No, the title that's got graphic novel-hea...
Hijinx
Comic artist Neil Kleid shows readers the truth behind the secret to our success.
Things Fall Apart
It's easy to mistake Etgar Keret for light reading. With Keret, four pages is an epic tale—most of his stories weigh in at five or six paragraphs. But brevity and levity are not the same, and nowhere is this mo...
As Time Goes By
For writer Michael Green, Casablanca was more than just a great film. It was the only thing tying him to a bygone romance with his high school tutor.
Best Femmes Forever
Fanny Brice, Molly Picon and Theda Bara were pioneering Jewish stars of film's Silent and Golden Eras. We imagine them as BFFs in these gorgeous fashion photos by Doron Gild.
David vs. Goliath
After the success of The Passion of the Christ, critics forecasted a Second Coming of Christian blockbusters. Well, a funny thing happened on the way to the rapture. Eric Kohn investigates.
