Recent News Archive
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The Great Gatsby reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 10, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White The ad campaign for Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby is pretty snazzy, the movie itself is a mess. The poster’s anachronistic Art Deco silver-gold letters on a... -
‘Stories We Tell,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 9, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Sarah Polley’s “Stories We Tell” is one of the year’s best films: funny, moving, thought-provoking – and so personal that it strikes universal chords. While critics often score indulgent... -
‘Sightseers,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 8, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com You probably have to be in the right mood to appreciate “Sightseers” – a mood that involves dark thoughts, perseverance and a grisly sense of humor. If you ever... -
‘The Great Gatsby,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 7, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Apparently, it’s already open season on Baz Luhrmann’s version of “The Great Gatsby,” which blasts off in 3D on Friday before opening the Cannes Film Festival next week. I... -
‘Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s,’ reviewed by Marshall Fine
Posted on May 6, 2013 | No CommentsHollywoodandFine.com Fashion entered my life in junior high school, when it suddenly became imperative that I own a Gant dress shirt, the kind with a loop on the back. These... -
Bay Watch: Armond White’s Transformers 2 review for CityArts
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White Why waste spleen on Michael Bay? He’s a real visionary–perhaps mindless in some way (he‘s never bothered filming a good script), but Transformers 2: Revenge of the... -
Lou Lumenick on management change at the ZIegfeld Theatre
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsCablevision is holding onto its lease for the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre but will turn management over to Bow Tie Cinemas, which has a contract pending to buy almost all of... -
Lou Lumenick on the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsI had the fantastic time again over the weekend at my third TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, an event that just keeps getting better and better in its fourth... -
Hello, Barbra! Lou Lumenick revisits ‘Funny Girl’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’ on Blu-ray
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsJust-ended April was quite a month for Barbra Streisand and her fans. She was feted last week at Lincoln Center (I wasn’t invited) and a couple of days later a... -
Pain & Gain reviewed by Armond White for CityArts
Posted on May 3, 2013 | No CommentsBy Armond White Michael Bay sees like an ad-man gone wild— glorifying everything–a vision that corresponds to the age’s consumerist sensibility: greed and the need for speed. In Pain &...