Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay
I have to admit that I am a huge Ricky Jay fan. I used to love to watch him back-in-the-day on the Dinah Shore show, his long hair flowing back off his shoulders as he flung playing cards to slice into the sides of watermellons. I caught his off-Broadway show Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants back in the early 90′s (directed no less by his good More...
FILM: House at the End of the Street
New in town? Maybe you shouldnât make friends with the guy living in the house his parents were murdered inâŠunless heâs cute. And, maybe you shouldnât get in a strangerâs car if youâre walking alone More...
New York Film Festival: Casting By, directed by Tom Danahue
I happened to catch one of the great documentaries being presented at  the 50th New York Film Festival, Casting By. Directed by Tom Danahue, this is the story of the 50 year career of âone-woman casting revolutionâ More...
New York Film Festival: Casting By, directed by Tom Danahue
I happened to catch one of the great documentaries being presented at  the 50th New York Film Festival, Casting By. Directed by Tom Danahue, this is the story of the 50 year career of âone-woman casting revolutionâ More...
FILM: Richard Gere stars in Arbitrage
Richard Gere once said that he regretted passing on the role of Gordon Gekko in Wall Street, but in Nicholas Jarecki’s new financial thriller Arbitrage, Gere finally has his day with his portrayal of the very More...
FILM: Hello I Must Be Going Hits Home
Hello I Must Be Going features familiar face Melanie Lynskey (Up In the Air, Two and a Half Men) as timid thirty-something Amy, a reluctant divorcée returned home to lick her wounds. More despondent than bitter, More...
FILM: Chicken with Plums
Mixing animated sequences with live-action, Marjane Satrapi’s new film Chicken with Plums tells the story of Nasser Ali-Khan, a virtuoso musician whose prized violin is destroyed and after unsuccessfully trying More...
FILM: Robot & Frank
Itâs not common to come across a film that is both truly original and really well done, especially from a freshman direct, but Jake Schreierâs Robot & Frank is that notable film which succeeds in telling a More...
FILM: Youâve Been Trumped
Disliking Donald Trump in this day and age is easy, thanks to the tycoonâs total lack of charm and taste in the media. Director Anthony Baxterâs new documentary, Youâve Been Trumped, paints the Don as more More...
FILM: Celeste and Jesse Forever
You donât see many amiable divorces these days which might be why you donât see many films about them but itâs certainly a novel idea, at least in theory, and itâs also the concept behind the terrific new More...
