Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, November 4,2009

Mailbox: 11.04.09-11.10.09

This Week: People have lots to say about horror flicks; Armond White is compared to Chuck Klosterman; people relate to dick pics; and Gerry Visco defends against Lydia Lunch fans.

Simon Abrams’ piece about Halloween film offerings, “Bumps (and Chumps) in the Night (Oct. 28) caused on reader to respond: “F*ck Film Forum. Their programmers have always had contempt for genre films, yet they threw together this mismatched pair of (admittedly great) horror/thriller titles, late in the game, just to have something available for Halloween. Rent Theater Of Blood and Scream Of Fear on DVD, and spend your hardearned dollars at a cinema that stoops so low as to care about genre films throughout the other 364 days of the year, like BAM or Anthology.” Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, October 28,2009

Mailbox: 10.28.09-11.03.09

This Week: A drug story stirs up sex issues; our endorsements for the general election.

Heroin is So Passé I have a bit to add to your NYPress contribution (“Smack Time,” Oct. 21-27). Drug use, from my observations, is entangled in the culture of gay prostitution. As a gay male, I have seen a lot in the past 13 years in Chelsea. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, October 7,2009

Mailbox: 10.07.09-10.13.09

This Week: Raquel Welch gets her roller-derby cred reinstated; and readers try to get the last word on who is the more negative filmmaker: the Coen Brothers or Quentin Tarantino.

But back to the Coens perceived hatred. Not so: If you look over their filmography, there is a begrudging love for even their most callous characters, though they look down on bad behavior, the interlinking connectivity of characters in a Coen Brothers movie is the key to why they care to be moralists at all. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, September 30,2009

Mailbox: 09.30.09-10.06.09

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Another reader wrote: “It’s hard enough to read one of your reviews when you hurl your thoughts into these incoherent, blithering tirades. Lets keep it one review...one movie. Also, the idea that Armond White uses the words ‘bad journalism’ in an accusatory tone is the most hysterical irony I’ve heard all week. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, September 23,2009

Mailbox: 09.23.09-09.29.09

This Week: Matt Harvey is lauded and loathed for two separate stories; and more public skewering requested from someone west of the Allegheny

We received many positive responses to Matt Harvey’s cover story last week, “Fear in Alphabet City” (Sept. 16-22), with one writing: “I really enjoyed this article. It felt as if I were reading a blend of a sociology treatise and a Damon Runyon short story. While my background gives me more in common with the middleclass interlopers, the writer had me pulling for the Alphabet City natives in their struggle to hold onto their neighborhood! Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, September 16,2009

Mailbox: 09.16.09-09.22.09

This Week: The reason endorsements are always problematic; and Armond White’s “fans” continue to offer their undying support.

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So let me get this straight. [In your endorsements, (Sept. 9-15)], [y]ou cite Bill de Blasios effort to be an aggressive watchdog on development, making sure that affordable housing, landmarks and neighborhood context are given adequate consideration in the approval process as a key reason you are endorsing him for public advocate. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, September 2,2009

Mailbox: 09.02.09-09.08.09

This Week: Basterds, jackasses and bullshitters—oh my! Plus, memories of Carlos Alvarez and a South African weighs in on Armond White’s District 9 review.

I am writing to thank you for the two beautiful articles (I won't call them obituaries) that your paper has published about the life of our good friend Carlos Alvarez [Jonathan Toubin, “In Memory of Carlos Alvarez” Aug. 28]. Some of us who have been assembling photos and videos to share with his friends and family believe there was a cartoon published in the New York Press in the summer of 2003 depicting a man, dressed in a lion suit, passed out in a pile of trash near the Verb Cafe on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, August 26,2009

Mailbox: 08.27.09-09.01.09

This Week: A fan comes to The Beets defense; some people can’t give up on hippy love; one reader enjoys vicarious Matt Harvey time; Quentin Tarantino isn’t the only Basterd; and Mike Edison needs to respect Roger Waters.

The article (The Beets Go On, Aug. 19- 25) does not do The Beets justice. Why? You make them sound like directionless morons when, in reality, they are really amazing talented witty people. Mistakes in this article: 1. They are all members because they are all talented musicians, not out of convenience or because of need of makeshift management. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Wednesday, August 19,2009

Mailbox: Letter from the Editor

By Jerry Portwood

A fellow editor once counseled me to get rid of our controversial film critic Armond White and replace him with anyone writing review blurbs on Netflix. Theyre usually pretty good, he said. And they make a lot more sense. Read more Read it in print

Columns Mailbox | Tuesday, August 11,2009

Mailbox: 08.12.09-08.18.09

This Week: Last week’s cover story about the changes at Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village, “Welcome to Stuy Town U,” turned into a heated discussion forum for people on both sides of the argument.

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Excellent summation of the problems that beset Stuy Town/Peter Cooper Village these days. Unfortunately, MetLife chose to abandon their support of a very well conceived urban project because their stockholders demanded more return on their investment. Tishman Speyer was stupid enough to buy in at the top of the market. Read more Read it in print

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