Author Archives: AaronOOF

This is going to be a bit rushed, and maybe even incoherent, but … In what can only be considered an attempt to be known as the organization that kicks off the annual film awards season, IFP (the Independent Film Project) has made December 1 “IFP day.” At least, that’s my impression with the announcementContinue reading “ISN’T THAT SWEET: IFP TRIES TO DOMINATE THE FILM NEWS WORLD”

I don’t think I’m overstating it by saying this evening at about 6:59 PM will be one of the most monumental moments in recent television history even though it is likely to occur with little or no fanfare. I already wrote about the end of the network news as we know it last week, butContinue reading “THE BEGINNING OF THE END: GOODNIGHT, TOM”

Film Forum‘s Essential Noir series continues this week with a great lineup. If you didn’t get down there this last weekend for Double Indemnity, well, shame on you, but there’s plenty more over the next three-and-a-half weeks that is definitely worth seeing. Tonight is a great double-bill featuring Force of Evil and The Naked City.Continue reading “NOIR CONTINUES, AND AFTER THIS WEEK, YOU’LL NEED A DRINK”

I meant to post this morning about my great New England Thanksgiving vacation, but I don’t really have the time so I’ll have to get to that tonight or tomorrow. No matter how relaxing our wonderful Wilmington, VT inn was, though, is it really as interesting as talking about the Criterion Collection? There is noContinue reading “ALL I WANT FOR CHANUKAH”

I’m heading out of town for the holiday this afternoon, but I wanted to remind everyone of one of the best screening series to hit New York in a while starting this week at Film Forum. In fact, right now, Film Forum is most definitely the place to be. Starting today French master Jean-Luc Godard’sContinue reading “THANKSGIVING ISN’T JUST THE START OF SHOPPING SEASON: “ESSENTIAL NOIR” COMES TO TOWN”

Tom Brokaw passes the NBC anchor baton to Brian Williams next week. He’ll be there one night, gone the next. And today, Dan Rather announced that he will step aside from being the face of the CBS Evening News come March. This news is really just the continuation of the beginning of the end (yes,Continue reading “IT’S THE END OF THE NETWORK NEWS AS WE KNOW IT, AND I FEEL FINE”

Yes, yes, I know there are many, and many people who live in Kings County wouldn’t even want to move back into Manhattan even if they could afford it. But leave that whole argument aside for now anyway, because I’m talking about movies, not quality of life — even though the two are somewhat entwined.Continue reading “A REASON TO SPEND TIME IN BROOKLYN”

I’m slightly ashamed of myself. On Friday I wrote about a bunch of film-related activities on TV and in New York that people should take advantage of this past weekend, and somehow I managed to completely forget that the reopening of the Museum of Modern Art on 53rd Street also meant a brand new startContinue reading “FORGETTING TO BE A LITTLE MODERN”

I’m assuming this is at least somewhat attributable to the link from Gawker (thanks Jess!) because when else does anyone really pay attention to my rantings, but … I returned home Friday night to an email from someone at Revolution Studios, the company behind Chris Columbus’ upcoming adaptation of Rent. I had what one mightContinue reading “IN DEFENSE OF RENT – SAN FRANCISCO NOT REALLY TRYING TO BE THE NEW NEW YORK”

Now that I’ve gotten Bad Education out of my brain (see below), here are a few of the other things rattling around up here, including some suggestions for some fantastic movie and movie on TV opportunities this weekend that you shouldn’t miss. But first: "Former Viacom chief operating officer Mel Karmazin was named CEO ofContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAN YOUR WEEKEND”