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No rest for the weary. After the past several days of double- and weekend–blogging, today is the start of another series of Gothamist Interviews by my friend Lily and myself. We didn’t set out to do this, but this week turned into a bit of girl power representin’. We kick off with someone I metContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: JAN. DAY 1 – ALEX BANDON”

But hopefully, The Conversation will make a return sometime in the future. For now, though, we always intended it to be a four-day thing, just like what they do at Slate. I suppose ours was really six since we spanned a weekend, or only three if you’re looking at work days but were off forContinue reading “ALL CONVERSATIONS MUST COME TO AN END”

Sadly, I wasn’t able to completely avoid Star Jones after all. When the show was over, my girlfriend wanted to turn on E!, and suddenly I find myself watching former ABC News woman and Monday Night Football sideline reporter Lisa Guerrero (and her ginormous breasts!) interviewing Star Jones. Oh poor Star. She had to getContinue reading “OH STAR! YOUR LIFE IS SO ROUGH. HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT ALL?”

I managed to avoid Joan and Melissa, Star and Kathie, and Al and Lisa and all the witless, inane banter from people who have no idea what they’re talking about, and then I did the little live blogging thing for all three hours. It turned out to be way easier than expected, probably because theContinue reading “LIVE BLOGGING THE GLOBES — LET THE PAIN BEGIN”

I’m always much more secure playing the guessing game before the Oscars than the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press is such a relatively small group of people, it’s hard to predict what they’re ever going to do. While many of my predictions might as well have resulted from closing my eyes and saying “eenie,Continue reading “JUST FOR THE RECORD: GUESSING THE GLOBES”

This Sunday night marks the true beginning of the Oscar race. Oh sure, the nominating ballots will have already been turned in to PricewaterhouseCoopers (they’re due tomorrow by 5 PM), so the actual winners of the Golden Globes won’t really sway the nominations, but you can bet your ass that Sunday’s winners will be comingContinue reading “IF ONLY JOEL SCHUMACHER WOULD BECOME A PHANTOM AND DISAPPEAR”

I mentioned this yesterday in my 2004 Top 10 list post, but now that things are in fuller swing, I wanted to remind everyone to come join the CONVERSATION where four very good film bloggers needed someone to dumb-down the proceedings so they invited me to be a part of the club. Bloggers are writingContinue reading “JOIN THE CONVERSATION”

I’m not always a huge fan of my birthday. As one who is mentally and emotionally probably still in his teens, my march toward’s mid-30s isn’t all that exciting. With that said, there was news yesterday that almost makes me want to rush my 35th birthday. On my birthday (September 21) in 2006, one ofContinue reading “IF NOT FOR ALSO TURNING 35, WHAT A GREAT BIRTHDAY”

I know, I know. I’ve been mentioning and promising: “Here comes the list. I’m working on my list.” I’m sure by this point, you’re all listed out. I understand, and I apologize for the delay. But hey, at least I’m joining the game sooner than I did last year. What’s taken me so long? Well,Continue reading “AT LONG LAST, THE BEST OF 2004 – A GREAT YEAR FOR MOVIES”

So, I’m a day behind, sorry. But if you don’t subscribe to Charlie Suisman’s MUG, yesterday was a perfect example of why you should. Thanksfully, the daily newsletter is just a copy of what gets posted to the site, and yesterday’s entry of New York area film festivals is quite comprehensive: a month-by-month listing ofContinue reading “EVIDENCE FOR THOSE WHO THINK THERE MAY BE TOO MANY FILM FESTIVALS; GUIDANCE FOR THE REST OF US”