By Jesse Oxfeld 7/07/10 1:48am

Shakespeare Knocks It Outta the Park!

This is a good time for a confession: I am not much of a Shakespearean. I’ve read some of the plays, and I’ve seen others produced, but I’ve never studied them, and I don’t speak reverently of Olivier’s Hamlet (nor, if you prefer, Jude Law’s). I don’t love what I’ve seen, either: I Read More

By Meredith Bryan 3/16/10 11:07pm

The Floppy-Haired Fellows

The most striking thing about this year’s Oscars, other than that a female director finally won? The guys’ hair. There was George Clooney, whose longish (for him) do had a distinctly feathered quality in the front. Then there was James Cameron, whose soft, elongated bowl cut channeled ABBA, and was possibly blow-dried. But Mark Boal, Read More

By Alex Tafet 8/19/09 6:00pm

Press Flock to See Pacino in Maspeth; Flummoxed HBO Hands Out Fruit Cups

In the depths of Maspeth, Queens, sandwiched between massive power plants and factories, in a neighborhood where sidewalks are merely a suggestion, lies the Clinton Diner, an old-fashioned dive featured in numerous movies, television shows, and music videos. 

The owner, Nick Diamantis, is proud of  what a Hollywood hot spot Read More

By Christopher Rosen 4/09/09 11:35am

Single Person’s Movie: Scarface

It’s 2 a.m. and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you’ve already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we’re just like you: single.

Need a movie to keep Read More

By Max Abelson 1/14/09 1:02am

The Apthorp as Waterloo

“The building is—what’s the word I’m looking for? Infectious. I refer to it sometimes as Gilligan’s Island. Remember that show? Gilligan’s Island?” Jon Herbitter asked this Monday from the offices of Mann Realty, where he’s president. “You don’t get out.”

In 2007, his boss, Maurice Mann, then a midsize New York landlord, partnered with Read More

By Christopher Rosen 1/08/09 1:43pm

Single Person’s Movie: The Devil’s Advocate

It’s 2 AM and you awake with a jerk, alone in your fully-lit apartment and still on the couch. On TV, the credits of some movie you’ve already seen a billion times are scrolling by. It feels like rock bottom. And we know, because we’re just like you: single.

Need a movie to keep you Read More