In the years since Cristóbal Balenciaga launched his eponymous fashion label on Avenue George V in Paris during the summer of 1937, his maison de mode has outfitted more than a few recognizable dames. And, as an in-depth New Yorker profile from last year pointed out, Balenciaga, the company, has long depended on Read More
RESERVATION ROAD
Running Time 102 minutes
Written by Terry George and Jonathan Burnham Schwartz
Directed by Terry George
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jennifer Connolly, Mark Ruffalo and Mira Sorvino
Reservation Road is a suspenseful story of loss and revenge, about the different roads taken by two fathers after a tragic hit-and-run Read More
“I think movie parties are more fun,” said Chloë Sevigny, in a sweeping, strapless Kelly green gown by Balenciaga, at the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute gala on Monday, May 7. “I don’t know—I think here it’s very like a popularity contest. In the movies, everyone’s just kind of like—we’re all just glad to be working.” Read More
So last year, the movie stars Connelly and Bettany rubbed two pennies together and bought a big Brooklyn townhouse with “a nice backyard and a place for the bicycles”–not far from where Connelly, a Saint Ann’s grad, grew up in Brooklyn Heights….
Connelly’s story seemed to be over–but, per horror formula, real-estate terror lurched Read More
Actors have never been more annoying. The James Lipton*ization of their overpaid, cheesy profession has unleashed hitherto unimaginable levels of self-importance. Every time I turn on Entertainment Tonight , I am confronted by a thespian blathering on about his or her “instrument” or “body of work” while soaking up compliments on their “interesting choices.” Even Read More
I have been contributing in print to a yearly film canon since 1958, and my research extends back to 1915, leading me to the conclusion that bad movies outnumber good movies by a ridiculously wide and constant margin, which is the way of all the arts.
Fortunately, we tend to forget all the bad movies Read More
