[Ed: This is our newest culture column, devoted to that divine crossroads between art and science: food. Moderated by Katie Mannino. Today, you will find her first two reviews, and the first starts below. Enjoy! or, Bon Appetit!] “I’m having a bad day—only a lunch break can make it better,” I said, morosely, to Daryl. [...]

A raving review from The Atlantic Monthly on the flap jacket of “Too Big To Fail” states: “Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis.” The adulation is not undeserved as Sorkin describes the tumultuous global financial crisis in adept detail and succinctness. The business lexicon of “too big [...]

Jon Stewart on Hannity’s “Apology”

Michael Moore’s newest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, is an emotionally devastating movie that effectively dispels the notion that capitalist principles are at the root of American greatness.  Through careful editing of archival footage, insightful interviews, and his own home movies, Moore paints a portrait of a nation whose greatness has been systematically undermined by [...]

On the Bowery in New York City in the 1970s, a crappy little bar would become a monument in the history of rock & roll. For 33 years, CBGB & OMFUG, or Country, Blue Grass, Blues, and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers, was located at 315 Bowery & Bleecker Street. The club was founded in [...]

Paranormal Activity, a horror film directed by Oren Peli, might at first be thought of as a clone of another well known horror film, The Blair Witch Project. Both are low budget horror films shot with a handheld camera and both spread like wildfire thanks to viral marketing to become sleeper hits. Like the film [...]

One of the reasons that Proposition 8 passed in California was a lack of organization by its opponents. In fact, gay rights activists have done a much better job protesting the outcome of the Nov. 4 vote than they did protesting the ballot before it was voted on. Perhaps they could have taken cues from [...]

Down under the Manhattan/Brooklyn overpass, there is a pizzeria. Grimaldi’s has been a New York institution for decades, and it attracts scores of New Yorkers, tourists and pizza connoisseurs to its small, cozy shop in what’s known as DUMBO (see first sentence). The line on a recent Sunday was unbelievable. It snaked out the store [...]

“Basterds” will remind moviegoers of the Clint Eastwood/Charles Bronson “spaghetti western” films. Add this to the film noir effect from “Casablanca” and you have one weird film that somehow works.

Check out footage from Rock Yo Face Case, the showcase of student performers and local bands that took place on Monday in the University Cafe. The footage was shot and broadcast live and is available online here.