BFFs at the end of time
Here's Nick Pinkerton on Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa. Ginger & Rosa Written and directed by Sally Potter Screens Tuesday, October 9th at 6:15 p.m. and Wednesday, October 10th at 9:00 p.m. Blame it on Boomers reaching the age of nostalgia if you will, but this installment of the NYFF is well-stoc ... More >>
I'll list some currently alive siblings (or semi-siblings) and I'll highlight my favorite of each bunch by putting them in boldface. You tell me your own personal faves in these same groupings. Break the rules and you're no sister of mine. Toni Braxton....Her sisters Joey Luft.....Lorna Luft, ... More >>
Oh, don't be such a cynic
So we lost Haley Reinhart this week. Fuck you, America. That's all I really have to say about that. I don't know why twangy teenagers are bulldozing everyone else this year, but it's going to make for a truly boring one-note final show. Has American Idol ever had a less interesting final two ... More >>
Photos by Angela AshmanSofia Coppola. After a week of dashing around to shows and enduring more than a few disappointments, attending Anna Sui was as comforting as getting together with an old friend. While other designers scramble to guess what women want now, Sui happily does whatever she ... More >>
From Meek's CutoffMidway through the Venice film festival, the competition is notable for a pair of features by American women: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff -- both minimalist, open-ended exercises in myths debunked and protagonists lost. Evidently inspired ... More >>
Narrative gimmickry can't save vapid, globally conscious puzzle-film
Loveand deathon Long Island! Irving adaptation becomes Lands' End commercial
