Tim Story’s Barbershop , from a screenplay by Mark Brown, Don D. Scott and Marshall Todd, based on a story by Mr. Brown, has scored a modest crossover success as an African-American-nurtured, Harlem-based entertainment that appeals, if only marginally, to a white audience. Its prospects have been enhanced in recent weeks by the furor raised Read More
Trying to analyze the New York Film Festival is like trying to figure out why Central Park is always closed to traffic during the theater rush hour. Every September, the New York Film Festival returns with its arrogance intact, proud of its reputation for eschewing almost everything with broad appeal that might vaguely resemble entertainment, Read More
Scorsese, Schrader’s
Ambulance Driver
Just when we thought it was safe to return to the streets of
New York at night, director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader, the
duo that sandblasted their way through Taxi
Driver 23 years ago, are psyched and ready to scare the living crap out of
us all over Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
