Al Held (1928-2005)

Art

I first met Al Held as an undergraduate at Yale. I remember seeing him with a group of graduate students playing cards in the Art and Architecture building. I remember Nabil Nahas, Judy Pfaff, David Row, and others… Everyone seemed very grown up—like “real” artists—smoking cigars in paint spattered clothes…

Hearts and Minds of Darkness: Garrett Scott In Conversation with Williams Cole

Express

Occupation: Dreamland, a chilling documentary directed by Garrett Scott and Ian Olds about the Fallujah in January 2004, just prior to the U.S. siege, opens on September 23 at Cinema Village. The Rail’s Williams Cole recently sat down with Scott.

Werner Herzog & the CMV

Film

Anyone who makes nature films for a living will tell you that it’s impossible to get funding without a CMV. It’s a law of the wild: a nature film must feature a CMV. Slugs are not CMVs. Seagulls are not CMVs. Lions are CMVs; whales are too. Grizzly bears are the apogee of CMVs. They are, undoubtedly, Charismatic Major Vertebrates.

What's for Dinner

Streets

As part of an ongoing series, The Rail will be visiting dinner tables throughout the borough to examine how economics, culture and taste influence what for most remains the principal meal of the day. Whether expense or convenience, diet or tradition, access or ideology, What’s For Dinner aims to enrich our understanding of the diverse local factors that inform our decisions about the food we eat. These are the politics of the plate.

Editor's Message

Mayor Bloomberg may not see the war in Iraq as “a local issue,” but most reasonable people disagree. From Cindy Sheehan’s Crawford to right here in our very own New York City, opposition to Mr. Bush’s war has never been greater.