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Film
November 20, 2006
Driving Mr. Borat
The driving instructor who tutored Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh alter ego tells Gelf what audiences missed and how his unexpected film stardom has affected his life.
Full article » | by Adam Rosen
Books
October 23, 2006
Taking on Ann Coulter
Joe Maguire wrote a book targeting the right-wing polemicist—and lost his job at Reuters as a result.
Film
October 8, 2006
Broken Levees, Broken Promises
Spike Lee's HBO documentary When The Levees Broke is a damning and intimate look at the government-sponsored catastrophe that followed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Comedy
September 18, 2006
Cephalopods of the South
Gelf talks to the creators of Squidbillies about the show's second season, hog lagoons, Georgia's flag controversy, and breaking the "fuck" barrier.
Books
August 26, 2006
Young Again
When I was a kid, I missed out on Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume. Better late than never.
Film
August 17, 2006
Snakes on a Fan
Jim "iBgerd" Dozier pledges permanent allegience to a film he hasn't yet seen.
Books
August 3, 2006
Deconstructing the 'Diamond Song'
Author Tom Zoellner talks to Gelf about his new book The Heartless Stone, in which he uncovers the PR campaign that has turned diamonds from mere rocks into potent symbols of love and power. He also talks about the future of diamond mining as it (hopefully) moves away from the battlefield and into the lab.
Comedy
July 17, 2006
The Toxic Tourist Attraction
The Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, is a Superfund hazardous waste site. Gelf visits its gift shop.
Comedy
June 6, 2006
Gotham's SketchFest Returns
After a successful debut last year, New York's sketch-comedy festival moves to a new home and expands its roster. But some things remain the same, like sold-out shows, out-of-town sketch groups cramming into packed apartments, and, relatedly, lots of hooking up. Plus, see a photo gallery of 10 SketchFest NYC troupes and their responses to each others' comedy questionnaire.
Food
June 1, 2006
Hot-Dogging It
A scrum of cameramen, 30-inch wieners, and sexual innuendo at Brooklyn's second-most-famous hot-dog-eating contest.
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