By Rex Reed 10/16/12 7:23pm

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Bedos, Richard, Fonda, Rich and Chaplin in All Together.

Aging, Gracefully: Quel Plaisir! All Together is ‘a Sweet, Thoughtful and Spirited Examination of How to Grow Old’

Jane Fonda’s first French-speaking film in 40 years finds her leading a joyous ensemble of septuagenarians in a sweet, thoughtful and spirited examination of how to grow old with dignity and pride in a regrettable era when senior citizens have been reduced to the status of a political agenda. At 74, Ms. Fonda is a testament to the benefits of exercise, the stimulation of cognitive effort, up-to-the-minute cosmetics, a healthy lifestyle—and the money to afford them all. She is glorious at any age, in any language, and is a class act on the screen who is always welcome.  Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 10/11/12 8:00am

The Eight-Day Week

Jane Fonda (Getty Images)

To Do Thursday: Ladies of the Night

With so many ballyhooed movies coming out this fall, it’s hard to keep up with the classics on our “To Watch … Someday” list—who has the time to sit down with the Criterion Collection when there are so many premieres of flicks we actually want to see? Tonight the Darby celebrates the odd coupling of Read More

By Rex Reed 6/13/12 12:17pm

movies

Fonda in Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding.

Peace, Love, & Nana’s High in a Timeless Fonda’s Latest

Jane Fonda is always a welcome antidote to the hackneyed drivel of today’s movies, even when she’s relegated to sharing the screen with also-rans like Jennifer Lopez and Lindsay Lohan. In her career zenith, she could always be counted on to bring both complexity and nuance to the least deserving roles. At 74, she hasn’t forgotten a thing. With a wonderful, careful and admiring director, she gives even a routine picture unbridled energy, craft and an extra dash of class above and beyond the script. All reasons to embrace Bruce Beresford’s warm, polished, feel-good comedy Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding.  Read More

By Sara Vilkomerson 3/03/09 7:41pm

Spic ‘n’ Span Son of Tom Hanks Shines Up the Great White Way:

On a recent cold and sleety Sunday afternoon, an impatient line of sports-coat–wearing men and their fur-clad companions pushed their way into the Eugene O’Neill Theater for a 3 p.m. matinee preview of 33 Variations. Written and directed by Moisés Kaufman, the play—an inventive and meditative look at music, parenthood and obsession spanning 200 years—doesn’t Read More