movie
 Act of God-
The "Manufactured Landscapes" director gives us a thrillingly strange journey through the wide and beautiful world of lightning -- from its spectacular visual majesty to its honored place in myth to its puzzling physical reality. More »
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nightlife
 A Camp- (Le) Poisson Rouge
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Nina Persson's immaculately melodic side project. More »
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theater
 Ragtime- Neil Simon Theatre
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The 1998 musical based on E. L. Doctorow's novel about the early-twentieth century returns in a celebrated production from the Kennedy Center. More »
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art
 Spencer Finch- Postmasters Gallery
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Ever since that imp Marcel Duchamp crawled into the unmapped space between a work of art and its title, artists have mined this rich artistic terrain; Spencer Finch does so as well as anyone. More »
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theater
 After Miss Julie- American Airlines Theatre
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Patrick Marber's new adaptation of August Strindberg's "Miss Julie" transports the classic drama about sex and power to the English countryside in 1945. More »
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art
 Josh Gosfield- Steven Kasher
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The definitive archive of magazine covers and video clips of the svelte sixties Bulgarian-American actress Gigi. (Note: Said idol is a fake, an entirely plausible creation of Gosfield's.) More »
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art
 Tim Burton- The Museum of Modern Art
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A retrospective for the man who, it goes without saying, has brought us some of the most fantastical movies of the last two decades, from "Beetlejuice" to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." More »
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nightlife
- J. Tillman
- The Bell House
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The hunky, hirsute drummer for the Fleet Foxes continues his gut-wrenching, brow-furrowing solo career with his sixth album, "Year in the Kingdom." More »
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reading
- Studio 360 Live with Kurt Andersen
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WNYC host and "New York" contributing editor goes live with the weekly show on the topic of--what else?--time travel. His guests include brainy scientist types as well as "the female OutKast," Janelle Monae. More »
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classical
- Complexions Contemporary Ballet
- Joyce Theater
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The powerfully daring ballet troupe led by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson celebrates fifteen years together with a set of diverse programs. More »
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nightlife
- The Dirty Projectors
- Music Hall of Williamsburg
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All three shows by the local intellectual-rock darlings (profiled in this issue) are sold out, but try Craigslist. More »
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movie
- Broken Embraces
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Surprisingly complex melodrama about vision, creativity, identity, and memory harks back to the wild narratives of Almodovar's earlier films in a way that his recent output hasn't. More »
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movie
- Bad Lieutenant
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Werner Herzog's insane, in-name-only remake of Abel Ferrara's 1992 wild corrupt cop drama eschews the former's operatic indulgences--for better or worse--in favor of a goofy Nicolas Cage fever dream. More »
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movie
- Red Cliff
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In his sprawling military epic, John Woo tries pulls off the kind of artsy martial-arts period picture that Zhang Yimou does peerlessly. More »
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nightlife
- The Jesus Lizard
- Fillmore New York at Irving Plaz
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Unpredictable and sometimes R-rated, the old-school Chicago rock and rollers reunited last year and are bursting with provocation. More »
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nightlife
- Eugene Mirman (And Many Friends)
- HighLine Ballroom
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Comedy at its most highbrow: Literary journals "Tin House" and "The Rumpus" present guests Mirman, Jonathan Ames, Todd Barry, and Rick Moody and a musical breather by Care Bears on Fire. More »
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classical
- Kepler
- BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
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A landmark concert performance of Philip Glass's opera about the seventeenth-century astronomer who discovered the laws of planetary motion; the Bruckner Orchestra Linz under Dennis Russell Davies accompanies, along with soloists and the choir of the Upper Austrian State Theatre. More »
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nightlife
- Melinda Doolittle
- Feinstein's at Loews Regency
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An evening with the American Idol darling -- she placed third during the sixth season but gained a loyal following with her big voice and smile -- where she'll mix R&B with jazz and Broadway classics. More »
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movie
- Defamation
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This disarming, surprisingly funny exploration of anti-Semitism isn't afraid to jump into arguments that will no doubt piss many people off: As a launchpad for healthy debate, it's essential viewing. More »
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movie
- Fix
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A pair of documentary filmmakers rush across L.A. to get one's brother to rehab before nightfall. More »
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movie
- The Missing Person
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We'll forgive the flaws of this affected, slightly too-referential neo-noir because it gives us a chance to watch one of our favorite working actors play a hard-boiled detective. More »
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