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Playlist: The Roots (4m 1.6s)

The Roots' daily gig as the house band for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon doesn't keep them from playing huge shows in Prospect Park or DJ-ing in Williamsburg. Melena Ryzik reports.

 

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  • Playlist: The Roots
    The Roots' daily gig as the house band for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon doesn't keep them from playing huge shows in Prospect Park or DJ-ing in Wil......
  • Critics' Picks: 'Lolita'
    A. O. Scott looks back at Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's startling 1955 novel....
  • Tipsy Diaries: Rooftop Remedies
    Frank Bruni, a former restaurant critic for The Times, takes a look at the highs and lows of rooftop bars around New York City....
  • Counterpoint
    Counterpoint (6m 27.2s)
    Anthony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of The New York Times, explains an important musical technique....
  • Critics' Picks: 'Contempt'
    A. O. Scott looks back at Jean-Luc Godard's avant-garde film....
  • The Wizardry of a New York Shoot
    Jon Turtletaub, the director of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," discusses shooting the film in New York City....
  • Iraq's Modern Art Museum
    In 110 degree temperatures and with barely enough electricity to light galleries, the custodians of Iraq's Museum of Modern Art do what little they......
  • Critics' Picks: 'Rio Bravo'
    A. O. Scott basks in the pleasures of taking it easy with Howard Hawks's 1959 Western....
  • A Place Like Home
    A Place Like Home (1m 43.5s)
    Lisa Cholodenko, the director of "The Kids Are All Right," narrates a look at her film....
  • Critics' Picks: 'Dead Man'
    A. O. Scott looks back at "Dead Man," Jim Jarmusch's hallucinatory western....
  • Critics' Picks: 'Blue Velvet'
    A.O. Scott reviews David Lynch's unconventional mystery film from 1986....
  • 'Airplane!' Turns 30!
    Matt Zoller Seitz narrates a look at "Airplane!" and its comedic influences....
  • Critics' Picks: 'Dazed and Confused'
    A. O. Scott looks back at Richard Linklater's film about the last day of school in 1976....
  • Pakistan's Burqa Drama
    For some, "Burqavaganza" is a funny love story in the time of jihad. For others, it mocks Islam. The government's recent ban on the play highlights......
  • Choosing the Next Billy Elliot
    The musical "Billy Elliot" is constantly looking for new Billys as the boys' voices break or they grow too tall. So the production created Billy Ca......
  • China's Blockbuster Gamble
    Can China break Hollywood's hold on epic blockbuster films? Real estate magnate turned film producer Jon Jiang hopes so. A look behind the scenes ......
  • Critics' Picks: 'Touch of Evil'
    A. O. Scott looks back at Orson Welles's thriller set on the border between Mexico and the United States....
  • Streetscapes| Grand Banking Halls
    Some of the giant banking halls of the early part of the last century, especially savings banks, have survived against all odds. ...
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