David Strathairn

Need a Franco Fix? Skip Howl and Wait for His Next Movie

Howl is a quasi-documentary with an impressive group of actors centering on Allen Ginsberg and the four-part poem of social

By Rex Reed

The Transom

Celeb Xmas Luv! A heartstring-tugging family movie? A red-carpet premiere just before Christmas? That confluence can only mean that it’s

By Observer Staff

The Original George and Martha Come to the Great White Way

Notes toward enjoying August Strindberg’s grotesque tragicomedy or marital blood sport, Dance of Death, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren

By John Heilpern

One Blocked Writer, Two Crazies and Three Actor’s No-Nos

By John Heilpern

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