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Friday I mentioned my plans for a big movie marathon. I actually saw about 10 movies in the theater and watched another five at home. I wanted to get to more current releases, but the damn schedules just weren’t going my way. Regardless, I noticed an unfortunate common thread among all the current releases: filmmakersContinue reading “WEEKEND WRAP-UP: IF ONLY THEATERS WOULD SCHEDULE MORE TO MY LIKING”

When all is said and done, Chrismukah will have lasted about 18 days this year. Not too shabby. I started my little movie marathon yesterday and successfully managed to get to four films. In case you’ve been waiting, don’t you fear: I hope to have my own Top 10 movies of 2004 list coming inContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT”

So one of today’s top stories in Variety today is about how HBO made over a billion (!) dollars in “pure profit” for big momma Time Warner this year (subscription req’d). I’ll bet you’re thinking, “Wow! It must be great to work for HBO. That much profit, I’m sure all the employees got some kick-assContinue reading “LET THE MARATHON(S) BEGIN”

I can believe I forgot to mention this in my post last week mentioning the Gothamist interview with Nancy Schwartzman, but not only is there a great new issue of Heeb Magazine out on newsstands now (featuring the Beastie Boys — who give their first “Jew interview” — on the cover), but tomorrow night isContinue reading “CHANUKAH NEVER REALLY ENDS WHEN HEEB IS AROUND TO DO THE GIVING”

Well, this is it. I’ve been touting it all month, and now it’s the final three days of Film Forum’s fantastic “Essential Noir” series, and while there are four films being shown (two today and tomorrow and two more on Thursday), there is one which is by far the most important. And no, I’m notContinue reading “FADE OUT OF THE DARKNESS, BUT KISS ME DEADLY FIRST”

Have you ever seen Imitation of Life? It was a 1959 Douglas Sirk melodrama starring Lana Turner, Sandra Dee and Juanita Moore. It’s a really great movie, even if some of its dramatic moments seem a bit corny by modern standards. But Sirk was the master of the ’50s melodrama, and you may be slightlyContinue reading “WHY THE O.C. IS SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE BEAR (AND TEEN SOAP)”

I admit it: this is the one I’ve been waiting for. As I’ve expressed previously on this blog, I am a huge fan of Avenue Q. The only people more excited than I when the show won this past year’s big Tony awards were those who actually created and worked on the show. So I’mContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW – DEC. DAY 5: JEFF MARX & ROBERT LOPEZ”

Wow, my love letter to Brian De Palma seems to have attracted a few interesting comments that I feel elicit some response. Where to begin … First of all, Ed said that I shouldn’t judge De Palma on a moment. Just to be clear, my little story about him snubbing me has no impact onContinue reading “WALTZING DE PALMA: A COMMENT ON THE COMMENTS”

I was sick all day yesterday, which is why I was M.I.A. from posting other than about the interview. However, I had to take the chance to mention that the final week of Film Forum’s excellent “Essential Noir” series begins today and includes some of the best films ever called film noir. Today and tomorrowContinue reading “MUST-SEE NOIR: A TOUCH OF THE PAST“

When we were trying to determine how to create our now patented diverse lineup of Gothamist Interview subjects, Lily said to me, “What do you think of using a Getty photographer.” Meaning, a person who takes pictures for Getty Images, one of the largest photography companies in the world. I thought it was a greatContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DEC. DAY 4 – SCOTT GRIES”