Culture Gabfest: Sex and Violence in the City
b"Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf are joined by Isaac Butler to discuss Steven Spielberg\\u2019s new adaptation of West Side Story. Then Slate staff writer Heather Schwedel stops by to talk about And Just Like That, the \\u201cnext chapter\\u201d in the lives of the characters from Sex and the City. And finally, they debate Vulture\\u2019s list of the \\u201c101 Best New York Movies Set in the Greatest City in the World\\u201d and add their own.\\nDana\\u2019s list:\\nAfter Hours\\nThe Cameraman\\nThe Crowd\\nDo the Right Thing\\nHester Street\\nMetropolitan\\nThe Naked City\\nRosemary's Baby\\nShadows\\nThe Taking of Pelham 1,2,3\\nSteve\\u2019s list:\\nThe Apartment\\nAnnie Hall\\nDesperately Seeking Susan\\nDog Day Afternoon\\nDo the Right Thing\\nKing of Comedy\\nSaturday Night Fever\\nSweet Smell of Success\\nWild Style\\nIn the Slate Plus segment, Steve and Dana answer a question from listener Colin, via his friend Ezra: Which city block would you take to a desert island, and why?\\nEndorsements:\\nDana: Two books about New York City and the movies: Fun City Cinema, by Jason Bailey, and Celluloid Skyline, by James Sanders.\\nSteve: The song \\u201cWatercolors,\\u201d from Between the Lines, by Janis Ian; and \\u201cDigging for Utopia,\\u201d Kwame Anthony Appiah\\u2019s review of David Graebner and David Wengrow\\u2019s recently published book The Dawn of Everything, in the New York Review of Books.\\nEmail us at culturefest@slate.com.\\nPodcast production by Cameron Drews. Production assistance by Nadira Goffe.\\nOutro music is \\u201cBloody Hunter\\u201d by Paisley Pink.\\nSlate Plus members get ad-free podcasts, a bonus segment in each episode of the Culture Gabfest, full access to Slate's journalism on Slate.com, and more. Sign up now\\xa0at slate.com/cultureplus.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"