As the New York Film Festival prepares to celebrate its 50th year, I am reminded of screenings I attended (of movies old and new) when I was a teenager. In 1965 I was present for a Buster Keaton tribute that included his inscrutable Samuel Beckett short 'Film',
Read More »Watching Political Animals with the amazing Sigourney Weaver in her TV series debut you can't help but think back to the brutal and historic 2008 presidential election. No matter what the creators say (and lately they've been owning up to it more) Sigourney Weaver's character Elain...
Read More »USA's upcoming miniseries "Political Animals," created by Greg Berlanti and Laurence Mark and premiering July 15th at 10pm, is unquestionably Sigourney Weaver's show. She's ferocious in her first lead television role as Elaine Barrish, a Hillary Clintonesque divorced ...
Read More »So, did you think the brief love affair with Marilyn Monroe was going to end once the awards season was over, and "My Week With Marilyn" faded from view? Guess again. The famed actress is one of the few Hollywood icons who continues to fascinate, influence and be commemorated and a star st...
Read More »If you spoke with 26-year-old Sam Levinson about how his debut feature "Another Happy Day" came together, you'd never know he's the offspring of a Hollywood legend. (For the unaware: Son of director Barry "Men In Black" Levinson.) On the strength of his Sundance award-win...
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