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Just a few random thoughts before I have to be away from a computer for the rest of the day. (The Horror! The Horror!) I didn’t see this anywhere else, although maybe I just missed it, but while watching like 10 minutes of Monday Night Football on, well, Monday, during one of the bumpers eitherContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: RANDOM HUMP DAY MUSINGS”

Lily and I are preparing another week of Gothamist interviews (which will start next Monday), and work has been abnormally extremely busy, so I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to write this week, but I absolutely want to keep plugging the magnificent “Essential Noir” series ongoing at Film Forum. Today and tomorrow featureContinue reading “NOIR IN BRIEF: BOGEY AND WIDMARK INVITE YOU DOWNTOWN”

Don’t expect too much from me today. I’m still recovering from an amazing GBV show last night. This was the first time I had ever seen them play, and since this is billed as their last show, and last night was the last of the last shows in New York, I guess I caught themContinue reading “PLEASANTLY WRECKED BY GBV, BUT DAMN NOW IT’S MONDAY”

Sunday may be Guided by Voices Day here in New York, in celebration of their “last ever” shows tonight, tomorrow and Sunday, but there’s a lot of special film programming occurring this weekend as well. Since I’m going to the Sunday show, I’ve got to figure out how to squeeze it all in. Closer isContinue reading “IS IT FRIDAY ALREADY? GUIDED BY WEEKEND FILMS”

“America’s new reality tops our news tonight.” And with those words, NBC’s evening newscast became The Nightly News with Brian Williams. Sure, he was really talking about more troops in Iraq to help prepare for the Jan. 30 “election,” as well as new appointments, and resignations, in the Bush administration. But this first line ofContinue reading “THERE GOES THE TORCH: HELLO BRIAN”

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”