September 27–October 4, 2001 book quicks|nonfiction American Exorcism By Michael W. Cuneo Doubleday, 314 pp., $24.95 Jumping off with tales of 1960s priests cruising gay bars in the name of counseling street youths and analysis of William Peter Blatty’s The…

September 20–27, 2001 movies Brian’s Song Accused of plagiarism and misogyny, Brian De Palma is everything his critics say, and a genius to boot. by Sam Adams Culture Slash: The killer goes for Angie Dickinson in Dressed to Kill. “Misogynist!”…

September 20–27, 2001 movies Brian’s Song Accused of plagiarism and misogyny, Brian De Palma is everything his critics say, and a genius to boot. by Sam Adams Culture Slash: The killer goes for Angie Dickinson in Dressed to Kill. “Misogynist!”…

September 6–13, 2001 movies Murder, Misery and Then Goodnight Larry Clark trawls through the muck in Bully. by Sam Adams Bully Directed by Larry Clark. A Lions Gate release. No Fun In The Sun: Renfro and Stahl prepare to not…

August 23–30, 2001 news Buzz Cut Former Daily News columnist Harriet Lessy is starting her own communications firm bearing the name of her since-dropped column. Lessy wrote “Buzz,” covering city business, economics and politics, for 10 years. But July 18…

August 23–30, 2001 movies Screenpicks by Sam Adams High School (Thu., Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut St., 215-569-9700, www.princemusictheater.org) It may not enjoy the notoriety of his previous Titicut Follies (whose release was blocked for years…

August 16–23, 2001 naked city Icepack by A.D. Amorosi Let’s forget last week. In that heat, what possibly could’ve happened that was good? Or wonderfully wicked even? It was too hellishly humid for even the worst gossip. Intense heat caused…

August 9–16, 2001 movies Alien Nation Terry Zwigoff may hate the modern world, but Ghost World is a labor of love. by Sam Adams The jaundiced eye: Zwigoff lines up a shot. The first thing Terry Zwigoff does is apologize.…

July 26–August 2, 2001 music picks|rock/pop A Walk Down Abbey Road Beatles tributes are so frequent that if you don’t have any new ideas, you’re wasting our time. But perhaps there’s more to “A Walk Down Abbey Road.” I’m not…