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So last night was the final culmination of a decade-plus desire of mine – to finally see the Pixies live. The four older people (they don’t look quite like this photo anymore — all the guys’ heads are shaved bald and Frank Black is more portly than ever) up on stage at Hammerstein still manageContinue reading “WE’RE OBVIOUSLY NOT WITH THE BAND”

Brian De Palma hates me. I’ve determined that is the only explanation for why he is slowly ripping out my heart and giving me an extreme migraine. I’m pretty sure I’ve alluded to this once or twice before (but I’m not going to go search for it), but James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia is oneContinue reading “WHO KNEW BRIAN DE PALMA HATED BEING A ROLE MODEL SO MUCH HE’D MAKE IT PERSONAL”

Today is the final day of Hannukah (at least until sundown), and in honor of my tribemates, Lily (an honorary Jew) and I present a Gothamist Interview today with a true Heeb. But Nancy Schwartzman is much more than simply the creative director of the great “New Jew Review” Heeb Magazine (wait, what did youContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DEC. DAY 3 – NANCY SCHWARTZMAN”

So much to write, so little time. I hope to respond to George as well as address the Golden Globe noms and the fact that Sideways seems to be sweeping the critics awards (maybe even later today), but for now, I actually have something that you’ll likely find far more interesting than my ramblings. It’sContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DEC. DAY 2 – SHIN-PEI TSAY”

The next three days definitely include some major highlights for the continuing “Essential Noir” series at Film Forum. Today (for one day only) is a double-bill featuring one of the most iconic of all noir characters, Raymond Chandler’s great creation – private eye Philip Marlowe, and tomorrow and Thursday feature two films from the greatContinue reading “THE DARKNESS CONTINUES: THE NOIR OF MARLOWE AND LANG”

It’s that of the month again when my friend Lily and I have put together another (hopefully) interesting and diverse lineup of interviews over at Gothamist. We start this week with comedy producer Jeff Singer. Jeff produces Eating It, a weekly comedy show every Monday night at Luna Lounge. (Luna is, of course, co-owned byContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DEC. DAY 1 – JEFF SINGER”

Saturday night at Bowery Ballroom I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Ted Leo perform for the first time. It wasn’t until earlier this year that I even discovered Leo’s music, and ever since I’ve been a huge fan. But three previous times when I knew he was playing, I wasn’t able to go. SoContinue reading “TED LEO: PUSHING IT UP TO 11”

The promotion has been going on for a couple weeks already. Harvey is doing his best to get Marty that director’s Oscar. Leo took over half a Friday’s Dateline NBC. CNN and Miramax have partnered for their own promotional push (which is interesting considering that this translates to Time Warner and Disney making nice-nice). AndContinue reading “THE AVIATOR COMMETH: IN DEFENSE OF SCORSESE”

I’m upset. On Tuesday I mentioned how much I wanted to get down to Film Forum this week in order to see (for the first time) Pickup on South Street and This Gun For Hire this week, but unfortunately my schedule didn’t permit me to get to either. While it’s always better to see theseContinue reading “SOME ESSENTIAL ESSENTIALS: THESE WOMEN CAN BE FATALE“

Let’s just get this out of the way right up front. Blade:Trinity sucks. It more than sucks. It’s an absolute mess. We’re talking right up there with The Day After Tomorrow as Razzie favorites. I enjoyed the first film well enough. It was a fun vampire action movie. Blade II benefited from the presence ofContinue reading “BLADE: BROUGHT TO YOU BY APPLE – WHEN YOU NEED TO KICK SOME VAMPIRE ASS, SOUNDTRACK YOURSELF WITH AN iPOD”