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Tonight finally seems to be the end of the beginning of the new Fall television season. Fox premieres their new medical investigation series House (not to be confused with NBC’s Medical Investigation) while CBS finally unveils the new version of the best reality show of them all: The Amazing Race. I’ve mentioned several times howContinue reading “THE RACE IS ON … AGAIN”

Last week I encouraged everyone to head to Film Forum in order to see On the Waterfront. Chances are, however, that you had already seen that brilliant Elia Kazan–Marlon Brando collaboration so maybe rushing downtown wasn’t high on your priority list (although if there are a small group of films always worth a repeat viewing,Continue reading ““THE FROZEN ASS IS FOR MY DEAD FRIEND KAISER””

Tonight at 10:30 PM on IFC is the final episode of the first season of the channel’s great new documentary series Film School. Unlike IFC’s recent attempt at a game show – Ultimate Film Fanatic — I haven’t paid attention to Film School on this blog for two simple reasons. First, I got into theContinue reading “THIS FILM SCHOOL IS EASY TO GET IN TO”

Well that was fun. Today marks the last of Lily’s and my interviews on Gothamist. Hopefully you’ve been reading and enjoying, and we look forward to another round of interviews sometime in mid-December. Meanwhile, today’s interview came about totally by luck thanks to the kindness of publicist Sam Rudy. When he asked if we’d beContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: NOV. DAY 5 – JOHN FLANSBURGH”

If like me you waited just 1 day too long to buy Arcade Fire tickets for tonight at Bowery , or even unlike me you’re not having dinner with your girlfriend’s mother, you might want to check out tonight’s edition of the "Asbury Shorts of New York" taking place at 7:30 PM in The TishmanContinue reading “JUST CAUSE THEY’RE SHORT DOESN’T MAKE THEM SMALL”

I knew today’s Gothamist Interview had done a lot, but I had no idea that Ross Martin had been this busy. In fact, I have no idea how the guy has ever found time to sleep. He’s already been a development exec for Spike Lee’s 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks and nerve.com’s Nerve Television.Continue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: NOV. DAY 4 – ROSS MARTIN”

HONEST. No really. That’s their name. HONEST. They’re a design team also branching into filmmaking. They do all kinds of things in print, graphic design, web design, commercials and music videos. Their talents are even on display in today’s Gothamist Interview. Specifically, the interview is with Cary Murnion and Jonathon Milott, who basically are HONEST.Continue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: NOV. DAY 3 – HONEST”

Just in case anyone continued to wonder whether the Golden Globes actually stood for anything other than a night for the TV networks to cash-in on some big-time event advertising, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has once again proven that the only excellence their annual awards show celebrates is their own marketing campaigns. It seemsContinue reading “IN CASE THERE WAS ANY DOUBT: THE USELESSNESS OF THE HFPA”

Today’s Gothamist Interview is with one of my favorite people, and I’m not just saying that because she was once my boss (and quite possibly will be again). Nancy Schafer is a Co-managing Director and Programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival. She had the misfortune of encountering me when I volunteered to work at theContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: NOV. DAY 2 – NANCY SCHAFER”

Back in August, my friend Lily and I spent a week being the guest interviewers over at Gothamist. We had some fun doing that first round (here are the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 links for the originals), so when TPTB at the ever-expanding Gothamist empire asked us to be one of five rotating interviewContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: NOV. DAY 1 – JASON EATON”