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Laura Linney

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Tony Nominee John Benjamin Hickey: My Interview

    ​A longtime Broadway fave from revivals like Cabaret and Mary Stuart, John Benjamin Hickey is giving a powerful performance in the acclaimed revival of The Normal Heart, in which he plays the Times writer who becomes involved with the Larry Kramer character (Joe Mantello), with bittersweet res ... More >>

  • Film

    April 27, 2011

    Mark Ruffalo's Directorial Debut, Sympathy for Delicious Needs More Magic, Less Magic DJ

    ​A longtime Broadway fave from revivals like Cabaret and Mary Stuart, John Benjamin Hickey is giving a powerful performance in the acclaimed revival of The Normal Heart, in which he plays the Times writer who becomes involved with the Larry Kramer character (Joe Mantello), with bittersweet res ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 15, 2010

    ON THE FRONTLINE

    Christina Ricci makes her debut on Broadway

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    2010 Tonys: Nominations Announced, Big on Idiot Material

    ​The 2010 Tony nominations are out, and the yearly ceremony that becomes more and more designed to persuade people from anywhere but New York City to spend money on theater is soon to follow. The idea behind the Tonys is simply to get Broadway to appeal to the rest of America in a big, fancy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    My Tony Nomination Predictions!

    ​In case you live for the nominations like I do (and by the way, they'll be announced tomorrow morning), here are my guesses. Disclaimer: I'm at a disadvantage. I actually saw the shows!

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    The Most Star-Studded Tony Awards Evah!

    Red Hook gets tragic: Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber in "A View From the Bridge." Photo by Joan Marcus​That's what'll happen if this year's batch of giant movie-and-TV-stars-turned-theater-actors gets nominated! (Or even if they're just asked to present--or usher.) This will probably b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Publicists Eat Caca

    ​There are many lovely publicists out there--well, maybe three--but so many of them are mud-eating miscreants who either can't follow through with what they say or mean what they say or do their legwork before they bother a poor columnist like me with their hideous Indian-giving. (Sorry, Nati ... More >>

  • Theater

    February 2, 2010

    Time Stands Still and As You Like It Link Love to Wartime; Shepard's Ages of the Moon Refights Old Battles

    ​There are many lovely publicists out there--well, maybe three--but so many of them are mud-eating miscreants who either can't follow through with what they say or mean what they say or do their legwork before they bother a poor columnist like me with their hideous Indian-giving. (Sorry, Nati ... More >>

  • Film

    September 8, 2009

    The Other Man Wastes Terrific Cast on Dreary Filmmaking

    ​There are many lovely publicists out there--well, maybe three--but so many of them are mud-eating miscreants who either can't follow through with what they say or mean what they say or do their legwork before they bother a poor columnist like me with their hideous Indian-giving. (Sorry, Nati ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 23, 2008

    Sarah Palin Sucks, Sean Penn Rocks

    Sorting through trailer trash, trying not to nod off during the Emmys.

  • Theater

    May 13, 2008

    Steve & Idi Is Intriguingly Weird

    And intrigue bogs down Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Boeing-Boeing

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    There Will Be Gold: Oscar Predictions Come True

    And intrigue bogs down Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Boeing-Boeing

  • Columns

    January 8, 2008

    Oscar Predictions Filled With Greed and Vengeance!

    From the seer, suckers: The nominees, plus trash talk about some non-nominees

  • NYC Life

    November 20, 2007

    Freaks and Geeks

    So many starlets in the sky, plus a sprinkling of comic-book characters

  • Film

    November 20, 2007

    Savage Love

    Testing the limits family, one nursing-home application at a time

  • Columns

    October 2, 2007

    Dean Johnson's Legacy, Anna Nicole's Lunacy

    Devout banter about a very different Bible class, plus sleuthing about Sleuth and ragging on Rita

  • Film

    August 14, 2007

    Bugaboo Confidential

    Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag

  • Film

    April 17, 2007

    Down Under

    Everyone suffers in Jindabyne, a Raymond Carver adaptation and study in unresolved tension

  • Film

    February 6, 2007

    Spy Vs. Spy

    After dissecting the boy fabulist, Billy Ray moves on to bigger kill: FBI traitor Robert Hanssen

  • Film

    January 16, 2007

    The Music Men

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Film

    October 3, 2006

    'Man of the Year'

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Film

    October 3, 2006

    'Driving Lessons'

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Screens

    March 14, 2006

    Noah Baumbach's Comedy of Humiliation

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Columns

    January 17, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Halfway through Sundance, and still whistling a happy tune

  • Film

    September 20, 2005

    Arrested Development

    Noah Baumbach revisits the fallout of a boho Brooklyn divorce

  • Film

    September 20, 2005

    Mother Knew Best

    Georgia on our mind: An appreciation of the Squid director's film-critic mom

  • Film

    September 20, 2005

    Killer Whale

    Noah Baumbach's ink-stained memoir is a heartbreaking and hilarious comedy of humiliation

  • Film

    August 30, 2005

    The Devil's Rejects: Effective Frights and Brain-Dead Writes

    Noah Baumbach's ink-stained memoir is a heartbreaking and hilarious comedy of humiliation

  • Film

    August 23, 2005

    Open Season

    Fall brings hope of a brave New World and a historic Violence

  • Columns

    January 11, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Fall brings hope of a brave New World and a historic Violence

  • Film

    November 2, 2004

    The XXX Files

    Too late for the election, a politically relevant biopic makes the case for sexual tolerance

  • News

    October 26, 2004

    Sex, Actually

    Filming the life of erotic researcher Alfred Kinsey, director Bill Condon finds it's déjà vu all over again

  • Columns

    October 12, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Filming the life of erotic researcher Alfred Kinsey, director Bill Condon finds it's déjà vu all over again

  • Film

    October 5, 2004

    Return to Sender

    Tadpole reborn: Talky indie scores with unglamorous sex, everything else an afterthought

  • News

    September 7, 2004

    Screen Siege

    Cinematic campaigning: This fall, filmmakers assault the status quo at a theater near you

  • Theater

    May 25, 2004

    For Sore Eyes

    In a time of narrowing vision, Margulies's excellent old play makes a welcome Sight

  • Columns

    January 6, 2004

    NY Mirror

    In a time of narrowing vision, Margulies's excellent old play makes a welcome Sight

  • Film

    November 4, 2003

    Odd Couplings: Brit Stars Flounder in Singleton Dysfunction

    In a time of narrowing vision, Margulies's excellent old play makes a welcome Sight

  • Film

    September 30, 2003

    Play Mystic For Me

    With an ambitious crime thriller, Clint Eastwood opens NYFF and returns to top form

  • Film

    February 18, 2003

    Dead Man Gawking

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Columns

    May 21, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Film

    January 22, 2002

    The Plagues

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Film

    November 6, 2001

    In Sickness and in Stealth

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Film

    December 19, 2000

    100 Years of Solitude

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Film

    November 7, 2000

    What Would the Community Think

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Theater

    May 2, 2000

    Pro & Con Artists

    Dull Heads Among Windy Spaces

  • Columns

    January 12, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Definitely honor-free will be Joseph Fiennes for Shakespeare (sorry, but the Bard didn't look like Rob Lowe).

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