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Frank Gehry has revised his plans for Atlantic Yards. The new designs include a 34-story office tower, foreground, as well as a sports arena and a 350-unit residential building. Read more... |
History and the Jewish State
Movies
Review of: Unsettled
By BRUCE BENNETT
Today marks the release of two very differently pitched, yet very well-made and marvelously complementary new documentary films about 20th-century Jewry — Laura Bialis's "Refusenik" and Adam Hootnick's "Unsettled."
Ms. Bialis's film, opening at Quad...
Gens Gets Cruel and Unusual
Movies
Review of: Frontier(s)
By STEVE DOLLAR
Horror fan Xavier Gens grew up on a steady diet of grindhouse shockers and drive-in action fare, soaking up the extremes of American filmmaking as a child in France. He can dissect a 1970s classic such as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" as if analyzing...
Speeding Down the Road to Nowhere
Movies
Review of: Speed Racer
By BRUCE BENNETT
Although it was adapted from Tatsuo Yoshida's trailblazing anime comic, the original Japanese version of the 1960s "Speed Racer" cartoon (titled "Mach GoGoGo" in both the paper and broadcast Nipponese versions) was itself inspired by the kitschy car...
Frank Gehry's 'Miss Brooklyn' Renamed & Reconsidered
Architecture
By JAMES GARDNER
Forest City Ratner has this week released the latest plans for its contentious development of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn, more specifically for the parcel of its 22 acres that faces the southwest, looking past the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan....
At 77, Jamal Sounds Younger Than Ever
Jazz
By WILL FRIEDWALD
If you think of a jazz performance as a meal, it makes you wonder why most musicians serve dessert before the entrée. Considering that most listeners enjoy hearing the melody more than any other part of a particular song, why does the tune so often...
The Music of the Open Road
New Music
By REBECCA MILZOFF
Take a child on yearly summer road trips of between 300 and 400 miles a day, accompanied by enough Charlie Parker, Wilson Pickett, and Aretha Franklin to match, and what do you get? In Erik Friedlander's case, the downtown music scene's premier...
Haunch of Venison's Museum Show in a Gallery
Art Around Town
By KATE TAYLOR
When Haunch of Venison unveils its new 20,000-square-foot gallery at Rockefeller Center this fall, the opening exhibition will feature more than 30 major Abstract Expressionist paintings and sculptures, by top names such as Mark Rothko, Willem de...
'Sopranos' Creator Signs On With Paramount
The creator of "The Sopranos," David Chase, has inked a deal with Paramount Pictures to write, produce, and direct his first feature film, Variety reported Thursday.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun
The creator of "The Sopranos," David Chase, has inked a deal with Paramount Pictures to write, produce, and direct his first feature film, Variety reported Thursday.
Paramount did not offer details about the project, but the movie is said to be a...
Ledger Portrait Wins Australian Prize
By Associated Press
A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award.
The painting features a bare-chested Ledger staring from the canvas as two images of the actor whisper into his ears.
On Thursday, it was...
'W' on Cover of Entertainment Weekly
By Staff Reporter of the Sun
When next week's issue of Entertainment Weekly hits newsstands Monday, readers may be forgiven for thinking they're looking at a newsmagazine: Actor Josh Brolin and actress Elizabeth Banks appear on the cover as George W. Bush and Laura Bush, the...
Warner Bros. Closes Boutique Subsidiaries
In an effort to cut costs, Warner Bros. Studios is closing its Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures subsidiaries, eliminating about 70 jobs. Those divisions specialized in foreign and independent films rather than more mainstream blockbusters.
By Staff Reporter of the Sun
In an effort to cut costs, Warner Bros. Studios is closing its Picturehouse and Warner Independent Pictures subsidiaries, eliminating about 70 jobs. Those divisions specialized in foreign and independent films rather than more mainstream blockbusters....
Orchestras Announced for Central Park Concert Series
By Staff Reporter of the Sun
The Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, an annual, free outdoor summer concert series in Central Park, will launch June 24 with the Brooklyn Philharmonic, it was announced Thursday. The first concert will feature Tim Fain as violin soloist and George...
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Lichtenstein's Primary Ladies
Gallery-Going
By DAVID COHEN
One thing is for sure: Roy Lichtenstein was not afraid of red, yellow, and blue.
The primary colors burst shamelessly from his canvases upon the skylighted white cube that is the Gagosian Gallery's uptown powerhouse premises. The show gathers 16...
Beyond Borders
Movies
By MARTIN TSAI
"I don't really respond to movies that are about topics — 'Oh, this is the immigration movie, or the drug-trafficking movie, or the abortion movie, or what have you,'" the director Tom McCarthy said recently. His new film, "The Visitor," centers on...
Visions of Debasement
Television
Review of: An American Crime
By BRENDAN BERNHARD
Even the most skillful actors occasionally find themselves saddled with roles they can't make sense of. This is Catherine Keener's misfortune in "An American Crime," a dramatization of a horrific act of communal sadism that took place in Indiana in...
Visions of Debasement
Television
Review of: Notes From North Korea
By BRENDAN BERNHARD
Even the most skillful actors occasionally find themselves saddled with roles they can't make sense of. This is Catherine Keener's misfortune in "An American Crime," a dramatization of a horrific act of communal sadism that took place in Indiana in...
Amy Bessone's Artificial Appeal
Gallery-Going
By DANIEL KUNITZ - 5/9/08 6:21 am EDT
Amy Bessone paints figurines as if they were human beings. This might seem a simple and potentially static approach, yet the 12 large oils in the Los Angeles-based artist's first New York solo show, "With Friends Like These ... ," which is spread...
Beyond Formalism: Adam Kirsch's "Invasions"
Books
Review of: Invasions
By WES DAVIS
Art and criticism make rather strange bedfellows. A book-critic friend of mine recently noticed that he and his artist wife, both enthusiastic gardeners, played entirely different roles in the vegetable garden behind their house: Her job was to...
Indian Food, Then a Stroll to Koreatown
Summer in the City
By JAYANTHI DANIEL
Here's a healthy idea for a Saturday night: Enjoy dinner, and then walk it off. This weekend, Summer in the City recommends dining in the Flatiron District, then walking about 10 blocks north to Koreatown for drinks.
DINNER
Overlooking Madison...
Do Not Be Alarmed
Movies
Review of: Noise
By STEVE DOLLAR
An oddball comedy that exhausts its jokes far too soon, "Noise" contemplates the delirium imposed upon the hardworking Manhattanite by the persistent intrusion of malfunctioning car alarms.
Major composers of the last century, including Duke...
The Mother of All Pool Sharks
Movies
Review of: Turn the River
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
The actress Famke Janssen plays against a few types in "Turn the River," Chris Eigeman's respectable debut as a writer and director. Still very much an arresting figure as an ex-model and more recently as an "X-Men" fanboy fantasy, Ms. Janssen slumps...
Sitting on Top of the World
Movies
Review of: The Babysitters
By S. JAMES SNYDER
Shirley doesn't even flinch when she says it, looking into the eyes of her employer after a sweaty sexual encounter: The price is going up. She has the power, both of them know it, and she's got tuition money to raise. He has the money, she has the...
Digging for Fool's Gold
Movies
Review of: Bloodline
By S. JAMES SNYDER
Intellectual scrutiny gives way to indulgent ego trips in "Bloodline," a documentary by Bruce Burgess, a third-rate conspiracy theorist who makes Morgan Spurlock look Pulitzer-worthy.
Given the film's admirable intentions, it's a shame how quickly...
Stealing a Page From the Teen Angst Diary
Movies
Review of: The Tracey Fragments
By BRUCE BENNETT
Tracey Berkowitz, the main character of "The Tracey Fragments," describes herself as "just a normal girl who hates herself." But throughout the film, it remains open to debate just how normal this especially confrontational and tormented girl is....
A Fairy Tale To Die For
Movies
Review of: The Fall
By STEVE DOLLAR
If "The Fall" proves anything, it's this: The music-video auteur lives!
What a shame, then, that this epic extravagance arrives about 20 years after the heyday of stylish-yet-vapid, MTV-driven filmmaking. Director Tarsem Singh is best known for...
History and the Jewish State
Movies
Review of: Refusenik
By BRUCE BENNETT
Today marks the release of two very differently pitched, yet very well-made and marvelously complementary new documentary films about 20th-century Jewry — Laura Bialis's "Refusenik" and Adam Hootnick's "Unsettled."
Ms. Bialis's film, opening at Quad...
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