Peter Noel

Dec 5, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Laura Bell |Rob Staeger |R.C. Baker |Peter Noel

What to get for your hard-to-buy-for friends and/or loved ones during this gift-giving season? It helps if said gift doesn’t break the bank and can also fit into a stocking hung over the fire escape window with care — though you’re gonna need a really big stocking for those beautiful coffee-table art books. Below we look at books about art and artists we reviewed this year and in late 2023 that are definitely worth a second look.

Dec 3, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Erin Maxwell |R.C. Baker |Peter Noel |Michael Nirenberg

There is nothing better than getting behind an underdog and watching a scrappy underachiever achieve the impossible. But what if that underdog is less than scrupulous? Perhaps a little devious? How about downright evil? Will audiences still root for the dark horse to win? The best television shows of 2024 were mostly character-driven pieces that seemed to focus on ambiguous figures who occupied morally gray areas.

Nov 27, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Ward Sutton |Ross Barkan |R.C. Baker |Peter Noel

Sylvia Plachy began shooting photos for the Village Voice in 1974 and she continues snapping pictures to this day. As the holiday season heats up we’re taking a look at the scenes and characters Plachy caught in her frame in the 1980s and ’90s, when taking newspaper pictures involved focus rings, aperture settings, exposure readings, shutter speeds, negatives, dark rooms, printing presses — and a great eye gazing through the viewfinder.

Nov 20, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Erin Maxwell |R.C. Baker |Peter Noel |Michael Nirenberg

The spice must flow, and so shall the world of Dune, as the landmark franchise expands its horizons with Dune: Prophecy, a prequel series that focuses on the ever-present religious order of the Bene Gesserit. With the series, HBO rolls out the next wave of prestige entertainment by continuing the epic known to contemporary audiences through Denis Villeneuve’s current run of Dune movies. Inspired by Sisterhood of Dune by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.

Nov 5, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Kalyn Corrigan |R.C. Baker |Peter Noel |Michael Nirenberg

Editor’s note — this article contains spoilers for the new film Smile 2. Toward the end of Parker Finn’s Smile 2, the entity that’s been taunting mega-famous pop star Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) finally reveals its true face. As she walks onstage for the very first concert of her brand new tour, her nervous eyes scan the room as sweaty hands raise a trembling microphone to shaky lips and the crowd screams with delight. The lights dim and the entity appears: another Skye Riley.