For all the hand-wringing over whether the gut-wrenching massacre in Tucson was the result of America's virulent political discourse, the hand-wringing itself quickly became another instance of the virulence, and then the inanity, of American political... MORE >
If I told you that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is visually stunning but emotionally unengaging, that its action is sporadically thrilling but its plot often indecipherable, and if I told you that this is what I've been hearing from friends and reading in chat rooms and status updates, I'd be telling you the... MORE >
There is a long and honorable tradition of eateries and watering holes where artists can settle their checks with their work. And there is about to be another. Francesca Gavin, art curator for the London-based Soho House brand of private clubs, is heading here to amass a collection for the New York branch, bar tabs as barter. “I’m coming over during Armory Week” (about March 1), Ms. Gavin said—and she will be buying in... MORE >
We will bury you. You will be helpless in our frigid embrace. We will stop your trains, halt your cars, stall your trucks and cripple your buses. We will put your city into a coma. All of your money is useless against us. Your billionaire mayor is but an impotent elf. We will close your schools, and your children will learn nothing. We will starve you, chill you, bite you. Ponder the word amputation.... MORE >
At the movies, January is traditionally the dullest month of the year--a dumping ground for the leftover flotsam that wasn't good (or commercially viable) enough to release in time for box office potential or awards consideration at the end of the previous year. Get ready for another... MORE >
Last week Barack Obama named the pair of white male veterans of Wall Street and the Clinton administration who will be replacing the pair of white male veterans of Wall Street and the Clinton administration who had largely defined his first two years in office. The Professional Left did not take the news... MORE >
As Governor Andrew Cuomo is about to find out, it takes guts to break the mold in Albany. That's why a recent move by four Democratic state senators deserves admiration and congratulations. Last week state senators Jeffrey D. Klein of the Bronx, Diane Savino of Staten Island, David Carlucci of Rockland County and David Valesky of upstate Oneida County announced the formation of their own mini-caucus in the Legislature's upper house. That means they have... MORE >
ART Give your high-school student a chance to unleash their creative spirit at the Whitney Museum by constructing their own version of art at the Teen Artist Workshop: Karthik Pandian. Mr. Pandian, best known for highlighting the interaction between modern society and its treatment of monuments, currently has an exhibit, "Unearth," on display at the Whitney (4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Whitney Annex at 33 East 74th St., free, registration required). See students' night photography at the... MORE >
Mike Ovitz was telling a group of people at the Grill on Thursday about the $30 Air Jordans he bought me for Christmas. "Julian," he says, "I actually meant to buy you Prada shoes, just like my shoes that you approve of. But I called Prada myself and they said, 'I'm very sorry, Mr. Ovitz. Prada doesn't make shoes in size 12.' But then they called back and said, 'For you, Mr. Ovitz, we... MORE >
To hear Mayor Bloomberg's critics tell it, he is an out-of-touch elitist who can't be trusted to clear the streets of snow, never mind manage the schools, balance the budget, keep neighborhoods save and develop job-creating economic policy. That's funny—hasn't the mayor been doing all those things, and more, all these years? And isn't it likely that he'll continue to do just that for the remainder of his... MORE >
If you haven't reached the end of your attention span for dysfunctional families, here comes another one in Richard Levine's Every Day. Liev Schreiber is absolutely perfect as Ned, a well-paid TV scriptwriter who appears to have it all--colorful job, perfect home, loving wife and two mature, intelligent sons with promising futures. But beneath the surface, Ned is in crisis, and festering scabs are ready to erupt; after 19 years of career and marriage... MORE >
There is little question that political discourse in the United States in the early 21st century will never be confused with the Lincoln-Douglas debate. Political combatants take an unseemly delight in characterizing opponents as enemies of the state, and reasonably decent public servants can expect to be labeled as pinheads and traitors, puppets of capital and apologists for terrorism.... MORE >
On an August morning in 2008, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Central Park, crowds lined up for hours to take a ride in a hot-air balloon 30 stories above the park's southern end. Soaring above the trees, with a clear shot of the reservoir shimmering to the north and the midtown skyline to the south, for 10 minutes they glimpsed the elusive perfect... MORE >
The skyscrapers of Manhattan loom through the glass windows surrounding the studio of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Nearly hidden among them is the High Line, one of the architectural firm’s recent triumphs. That reinvigorated relic of old New York is visible through the glass if you look down, weaving through the buildings between 10th and 11th avenues like a snake moving amid grass and sticks. In the office, there were blueprints strewn about worktables... MORE >
It’s the New Year, and the Oscar race is on. On Monday, two events took place promoting Oscar-worthy pictures, a private lunch and talk for The King’s Speech and the New York premiere of Barney’s Version. It was fitting that at a lunch given for The King’s Speech—the brilliant film about King George VI and the speech therapist who helped to cure the monarch’s stammer—should take place in a suitably grand private... MORE >
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