Farewell My Lovelies

When it comes to goodbyes, 2009 was catastrophic. So before we bid adios to the old man with the scythe and welcome the new kid with his year to grow, let’s retrieve the rest of the leftover New Year’s Eve bubbly from the back shelf of the fridge and drink one last toast to the Read More

A Black Dog Named Fred Cries for Doomed Bull in Carnage

Delphine Gleize, the writer-director of Carnage , is 30 years old and in full command of her medium. She has already made five short films to growing acclaim at international film festivals and in her native France; this is her first full-length feature film. And I must admit, I’ve never seen a film quite like Read More

At 28, Mini-Mogul Dreams of Geffen

“I knew I didn’t want to work for anyone else,” said Adam Epstein as he bit into a forkful of a 10-ounce butterflied filet mignon at the Palm on a recent afternoon. With rounded cheeks and flashes of prematurely gray hair, Mr. Epstein spoke in fast, truncated sentences as he described why he became a Read More