A haunting tip prompts a Los Angeles Times reporter to discover that as many as a half a million barrels of toxic…
Film
In the world of cinema and amongst cinephiles of New York, if autumn is synonymous with the New York Film…
The Greek philosopher Aristotle defined tragedy as an action “that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude.” But in…
Full disclosure: while running an Olympic-themed movie competition in 2024, your humble Culture Vulture correspondent was pleased (and a bit…
With the notable exceptions of “Witness” and “Kingpin” (and, more recently, Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking”), big screen depictions of the…
Argentina’s 1970s Dirty War gets dirtier just days after Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) arrives to teach English at an elite…
If you can’t have springtime in Paris- as in actual Paris- Film Lincoln Center’s (FLC) Annual French film festival can…
It shouldn’t be all that surprising that the big money multimedia hype bomb of a festival responsible for the world’s…
Diversity of genres, characters, issues and themes take center stage for the 34th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF)…
There is a long line of admirers at Ingrid’s book signing. She has written about her fear of death. Among…
“We don’t only fight back with weapons; we fight back with art,” says the porcelain miniaturist Slava Leontyev, who leads…
1. Grand Theft Hamlet “You can’t stop the production just because somebody dies.” So says Pinny Grylls, co-director of the…
Theater Highlights: My two favorite theater events this year both originated at Soho Rep, the adventurous company that recently decided…
There was a time not that long ago when controversial documentaries like Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2004), about the Bush…