I just got home a little while ago from “Fresh Meat” — a monthly comedy variety show produced and hosted by my friend Catie Lazarus at Comix on 14th Street. I’ve known Catie off and on for a couple years, but I’d never gone to her show nor seen her perform. A couple weeks ago,Continue reading “FINDING THE FUNNY AND IT’S BLOODY RARE”
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OSCAR OUTRAGE? NOT SO MUCH, BUT MAYBE I’VE JUST BECOME SUPER-CYNICAL
The film industry takes a brief break from Sundance obsession to reflect once more, and for the final time, on the previous year. That’s right … awards season officially entered its third trimester this morning with the Academy Award nominations, and now all we can do is sit and wait what comes out when theContinue reading “OSCAR OUTRAGE? NOT SO MUCH, BUT MAYBE I’VE JUST BECOME SUPER-CYNICAL”
2006 IN REVIEW PART II: THE TOP 10 — AND THEN SOME
I actually have a lot of lists and “awards” to bestow this year, but the way I always get myself in trouble is by trying to do everything at once, and then eventually deciding it’s too late to do any of it. Sure, everybody is tired of year-end lists, and most people got theirs doneContinue reading “2006 IN REVIEW PART II: THE TOP 10 — AND THEN SOME”
GOLDEN GLOBES POST-MORTEM: DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
No no no no no no no no no no no no! I hope that this actually gets Babel out of Hollywood’s system, but I fear the opposite. Crash didn’t even receive a Golden Globe Best Picture nomination last year before going on to win the Oscar and officially become the most overrated film ofContinue reading “GOLDEN GLOBES POST-MORTEM: DOES HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?”
THE GOLDEN GLOBES PREVIEW: IF I PICKED THE WINNERS … SORT OF
The awards have been flying around furiously, and even though the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is probably the least reputable group of all the critics who actually bestow honors upon the worlds of film and television, for some reason (read: a really large budget that allows for a really glitzy show), their Golden Globe AwardsContinue reading “THE GOLDEN GLOBES PREVIEW: IF I PICKED THE WINNERS … SORT OF”
2006 IN REVIEW PART I: OUT WITH THE OLD, BEGINNING ANEW, AND ALMOST BECOMING ATTAINABLE
Happy New Year, everyone. My first resolution for 2007 is not to write more in this space, but rather to never again (after this very second) mention either why I haven’t been posting or explain how/why I’m about to recommence in earnest. I mean, who cares, right? You certainly don’t. And why create false expectationsContinue reading “2006 IN REVIEW PART I: OUT WITH THE OLD, BEGINNING ANEW, AND ALMOST BECOMING ATTAINABLE”
THE WORK FRONT
… is busy! In case you missed it, there was some pretty big news this week on the Tribeca front: the establishment of the Tribeca/ESPN Sport Film Festival as a part of this spring’s TFF. This should actually be a really exciting addition to this year’s festival, and the key word there is “addition.” TheContinue reading “THE WORK FRONT”
R.I.P. ROBERT
Wow. Robert Altman has died. The man was 81 years old, and yet I was quite shocked to read this news. Maybe it’s because in the last several years, Altman continued to be a vibrant and relatively prolific filmmaker, never really showing his age. Altman has always been a fascinating director to me. He’s oneContinue reading “R.I.P. ROBERT”
NOT SO QUICK NOTES: ED BRADLEY, JAMES BOND, BORAT, TWO ON BROADWAY AND TRIBECA
Sometimes, I have issues with balance. As in … how do you balance all the different elements of life to get everything done — work, play, non-work work, whatever. Yesterday, I called a friend lame. It was partially a joke, but like all jokes contained a grain of truth. Why was he lame? Because heContinue reading “NOT SO QUICK NOTES: ED BRADLEY, JAMES BOND, BORAT, TWO ON BROADWAY AND TRIBECA”
CMJ: IT’S NOT JUST MUSIC, YOU KNOW
As throngs of musicians check-in at Lincoln Center and downtown music fans start planning the best way to hit five venues a night through Saturday and survive on only a few hours sleep, it’s important for this space to make note of that other, smaller, but no less fun part of the CMJ Music Marathon,Continue reading “CMJ: IT’S NOT JUST MUSIC, YOU KNOW”
Out of Focus 