By Rex Reed 3/07/12 12:04pm

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Friends With Kids: Do-It-All Jennifer Westfeldt Paints a (Modern) Family Portrait

They say if the hope for a distinguished movie career becomes a steep climb in this age of hack directors, lousy scripts and formulaic trash, then do it all yourself. A lovely triple threat named Jennifer Westfeldt is putting this theory into fast-lane action. The cowriter and star of the independent film Kissing Jessica Stein now returns as producer, sole scriptwriter, director and star of Friends With Kids, a snappy and warmly observed film about the contemporary mores of dating hell, marriage and parenthood. She’s obviously been influenced by the candid, full-frontal assault on decency by people like Judd Apatow and the Farrelly Brothers, because the film sometimes borders on pornography, but it has more heart and is more intelligent and mature in every way. And Ms. Westfeldt gets a lot more than show-off obscenity from her actors. The tightly knit ensemble of friends and supporters she has drafted is committed and talented, and the camaraderie pays off. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/19/12 2:58pm

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A real Hamm's Hamm

Don Draper Now Selling Cartoon Vocabulary Calendars on PBS (Video)

While we’re anxiously awaiting the March return of Mad Men after its year-long hiatus, we have to admit that the time off has given Jon Hamm the opportunity to show off his comedic side. 30 Rock, Bridesmaids, that time he did a reading for Jon Glaser about The Butthole Surfers, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Between Two Ferns, and the upcoming Friends with Kids directed by (and starring) Mr. Hamm’s long-time girlfriend Jennifer Westfeldt are just a few examples.

Of course, you’ll never know where Jon Hamm might pop up next…like on a PBS Kid’s cartoon, perhaps? Read More

By Irina Aleksander 12/10/08 4:01pm

Jon Hamm, Sci-Fi Geek!

Last night the Daily Transom ventured out to the premiere of The Day The Earth Stood Still–a remake of the 1951 science fiction classic about an alien who comes to earth to warn the human race about invading super robots–starring Keanu Reeves (as the alien Klaatu), Jennifer Connelly, and Kathy Bates.

"You have to Read More

By Alexandra Wolfe, Elon R. Green and Lizzy Ratner 1/05/04 12:00am

Kissing Sister Eileen

Jennifer Westfeldt, best known for playing the title character in Kissing Jessica Stein, the 2001 girl-loving-girl movie that she co-wrote and co-produced, is currently making her Broadway debut in a girl-loving-girl musical revival, Wonderful Town .

What? you ask? A gay musical?

Well, not really. The Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green “love Read More

By Andrew Sarris 4/15/02 12:00am

I Have a Crush On Chick Flicks

The older I get, the more I seem to seek out for my own pleasure kiss-kiss rather than bang-bang cinema, and positive feelings rather than negative vibes. Perhaps I’m a traitor to my gender, but male ego-trips bore me to tears, and I certainly don’t need movies to frighten me even vicariously-CNN takes care of Read More