Cult Classics

From left, T-Bone Burnett, John Turturro, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Universal Studios Home Entertainment).

Lebowski Fest, Dude

White Russians were flowing by the pre-made bottle at last night’s Lebowski Fest at the Hammerstein Ballroom on 34th Street.

“I’m not sure why we are even offering a full bar,” the bartender told The Observer. As we took our creamy libations from her, an unshaven man donning a bathrobe, jellies and sunglasses pushed by Read More

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Gosling and Carell.

Crazy, Stupid, Love? No, Yes, and Absolutely Not.

What to say about an uphill slog called Crazy, Stupid, Love? It’s not nearly crazy enough to clear the clogged arteries of summer comedies, and when the love appears, it’s in all the wrong places. Oh well, at least they nailed the stupid part.

This movie is so hapless that not even two directors could Read More

The Eight-Day Week

The Eight-Day Week: April 20-April 27

Wednesday. April 20
Stroke of Genius

New York’s “foodies” are ravenous–not for food (they eat often, and they eat well), but for a new joint to obsess over. They’re in luck! David Bouley has finally emerged from community board headaches and other location mishegoss to open Brushstroke, the Japanese restaurant of our drool-inducing fever dreams. Read More

Fantasies

Will Julianne Moore Become Julianna Margulies?

There are TV actors (Michael Chiklis, Debra Messing, Julianna Margulies) and then there are movie actors. This exalted latter breed will deign to show up on your sketch show or guest on your sitcom — but once they’ve crossed over to movies, they’re not going back. Or so it used to be, until, we’d estimate, Read More

The Distinguished Gentleman

A Single Man
Running time 99 minutes
Written and directed by Tom Ford
Starring  Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult

Hairy-chested design guru Tom Ford may have learned how to sew a seam straight when he ran Gucci, but that doesn’t qualify him to direct movies. Fashion is not film, and A Read More