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Nightlife, culture, and what’s worth your evening. Reviews and recommendations across screen, sound, and live performance — for the second drink, not the first.

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Film & Television

Screen

All screen reviews

Casablanca
Amélie
Vertigo
You’ve Got Mail
The Third Man
Interview with the Vampire
Rear Window
Rebecca

Albums & Artists

Sound

All sound reviews

Lovers Rock
What a Diff’rence a Day Makes!
Carrie & Lowell
Mezzanine
Songs of Leonard Cohen
Dummy
You Want It Darker
Disintegration

Performance & Concert

Live

All live reviews

Sunday at the Village Vanguard
The Köln Concert
MTV Unplugged in New York — Nirvana
At Folsom Prison — Johnny Cash
The Last Waltz
Stop Making Sense

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