Today in Tribeca

We’re knee-deep in Tribeca Film Festival craziness! Somehow our invitation to the sparkly celeb-studded Vanity Fair party got lost in the mail (cough), but just because Woody and Larry and Bono have cleared the premises doesn’t mean there’s not an awful lot still going on.

For the unwashed masses, the beautiful weather should help Read More

Who’s Afraid Of Kevin Bacon? … A Cast Digs Its Own Grave

Who’s Afraid Of Kevin Bacon?

“Power corrupts” is a tired theme that is not necessarily restricted to political yawns in Philadelphia. It’s kept scriptwriters burning the midnight oil for decades, and here it is again in Hollow Man , a poundingly violent though flatly familiar science-fiction yarn derived from the Invisible Man flicks of a Read More

Fiddler in the ‘Hood … What Happened to Elisabeth Shue

Fiddler in the ‘Hood

New York’s public schools have come a long way since Blackboard Jungle . Teachers still confiscate the occasional switchblade from a second grader, and I’m sure they all have their own personal horror stories, but there are new alternatives to boredom and violence in the public school system. In the war Read More