"I feel like I have enough work now that, if I died, my 'in memorium' reel would be impressive," joked Judd Apatow as he took to the stage of the Film Society of Lincoln Center Monday night …
A longtime champion of social and political freedoms, onscreen and off, Oscar-winning producer/distributor Harvey Weinstein has written articles on our industry and world events for many …
"Be careful what you wish for" warn the ads for "Into the Woods" " an apt summary of the movie's theme, and also the mindset of many a Stephen Sondheim fan ever since it was announced that t…
Is there a more enduring image in American movies of youthful idealism giving the finger to "plastic" adult conformity than the final moments of "The Graduate?" And yet, as the wedding usurp…
Four characters dangle precariously from their respective perches on the Hollywood power ladder in Neil LaBute's "The Money Shot," an acid-tongued showbiz satire that makes up in belly laugh…
Though she paused for only one costume change, Idina Menzel was an even greater study in multiple personalities during her solo Radio City Music Hall debut than in her current dual role in t…
In 1962, the same year that a quartet of working-class New Jersey youths called the Four Seasons shot to the top of the pop charts with the irresistible doo-wop single "Sherry," a solo artis…
"When you look at the roles she's played, they're so diverse it can blow your mind," observed Robert Redford of Glenn Close in a videotaped message screened at Wednesday night's Celebrate Su…
Emma Thompson makes a smashing Gotham stage debut as the meat-pie maven Mrs. Lovett in the New York Philharmonic's splendid staging of "Sweeney Todd," more than holding her own in a cast of …
When it comes to awards-season stumping, you won't catch Woody Allen making the rounds of the guild and Academy screening circuit, showing up at cocktail receptions in his honor, or otherwis…
There are no surprises " just lots of good, old-fashioned scenery chewing " in John Wells' splendid film version of Tracy Letts' acid-tongued Broadway triumph.
"Here's the thing: I've always been a hybrid," a jovial Spike Lee said on Monday afternoon in his office at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, hours after the launch of his Kickstarter campaign…
Roman Polanski once again transfers a New York stage hit to the screen with maximum fidelity and facility, and a minimum of fuss.
A superior celebrity docu that finds the Broadway legend contemplating retirement as well as her own mortality.