K9 cop has a real ‘Dog Day Afternoon‘ with trio. [NYDN]
Dumpster pools are back! [NYT]
New York unemployment fell in June for the sixth month running. [NYT]
Norman Mailer’s wife and his mistress are “still squabbling.” [NYP]
There’s more than one way to rob a bank, as a perp employing a scam that seemed ripped straight from a Marx Brothers movie proved on Dec. 17. The thief visited the City and Suburban Federal Savings Bank at 1404 Second Avenue just before 11 a.m. But rather than do anything prosaic, such as handing Read More
Riot Act
The Silver Screen Collection is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the screen debut of the eminent theatrical team, the Marx Brothers: Chico (1887-1961), Harpo (1888-1964), Groucho (1890-1977) and Zeppo (1901-1979). Their first vehicle, The Cocoanuts (1929), was based on the George S. Kaufman play (adapted for the screen by Morrie Ryskind) in which Read More
Jim Sheridan Released
Directed by Jim Sheridan, he of those rabble-rousers My Left Foot and In the Name of the Father , In America centers around an Irish immigrant family making a new start in the States after the death of their young son. It’s loosely based on Mr. Sheridan’s own experience-the screenplay was written Read More
