By Daniel D'Addario 9/04/12 4:54pm

movie reviews

Fisher, Dunst, and Caplan in "Bachelorette"

The Marriage Cure: Dunst Dazzles (Again!) In Grim Nuptial Comedy Bachelorette

Bachelorette’s mere existence is a success story, regardless of the film’s quality. Leslye Headland adapted her Off Broadway play—about a trio of women and their ambivalence about and debauchery during the wedding of a loathed frenemy—for the screen and got a few high-wattage stars on board; the movie, first released online rather than gradually in limited release, has already hit number one on the iTunes rental platform. Read More

By Rex Reed 2/29/12 9:08am

theater

Esper and Kull in Assistance, of which the play offers little.

Assistance: Office Dramedy as Tedious as the 9-to-5 Trudge

Playwrights Horizons, the esteemed theater group now located in Theatre Row on West 42nd Street, has, through the years, presented some of New York’s most rewarding and celebrated plays. Assistance, a curiosity about office slaves who work for bosses they hate, written by a Los Angeles-based writer named Leslye Headland, is not one of them.

The best thing about Assistance, which would be better off in an experimental showcase than showcased in an experimental full-scale production, is that it is over in 90 minutes without an intermission. Read More