By Andrew Sarris 10/02/06 12:00am

Scorsese Takes Boston, And Electrifies With Departed

Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, from a screenplay by William Monahan, based on Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller Infernal Affairs, provides an electrifying entertainment for this fall moviegoing season in its police-mobster machinations and deep undercover penetration by both sides of the law. In this respect, The Departed strikes unexpectedly deep Read More

By Peter Bogdanovich 9/20/99 12:00am

Martin Short, Showbiz Buzz Boy … Sitcoms Sag … Gay TV

Jim Rutenberg

Wednesday, Sept. 15

This is a given: There is nobody as in command of the old variety-show idiom as Marty Short. And he’s taken the next big step: Just as Rosie O’Donnell commandeered the spirits of Merv, Mike Douglas and Dinah Shore for her return-to-cuddly-showbiz talk show, Martin Short has commandeered the Read More