movies

More Mulroney, Please! Dermot Mulroney Is Exceptional in the Worthy Inhale

Soberly and responsibly, a small but significant film called Inhale, starring the underrated, charismatic and terrifically accomplished Dermot Mulroney, has arrived without fanfare or big-budget ad campaigns to capture some well-deserved attention. It tackles the growing horror of organ tourism–the search for illegal alternatives to long waiting lists for organ transplants that never happen. According Read More

Sapphosex in the City

Last Sunday evening, four straight women—Jessica Joy and her friends Anna, Nathalie and Marge—got together at Ms. Joy’s Lower East Side apartment to watch her favorite show. Apple martinis, bruschetta and cigarettes at arm’s reach, the four women slumped into a comfy red futon to watch, with the concentration usually reserved for an art-house flick Read More

Tribeca Gets Better, Wiser: Fewer Blockbusters, More Indies

Just as its neighborhood morphed from a manufacturing zone into a suburban enclave, the Tribeca Film Festival experienced its own odd growth spurt. And with its self-important posturing and incessant civic boosterism in the last two years, it seemed to parallel a city that continues to transform into a parody of its own grandeur. But Read More