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The Line
In the summer of 2001, a production of The Seagull, directed by Mike Nichols, played in Central Park at the outdoors Delacorte Theatre. It starred Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Walken. It … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Theatre
Tagged Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, Natalie Portman, New York, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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35 Random Facts About Me
1. I’ve had three marriage proposals. Two I said No to (and one of those “Nos” was in the middle of a so-called romantic vacation, and we had been dating for three years, and I still don’t know how I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged ELO, friends, Huey Lewis, New York, Ralph Macchio, Rhode Island, What's Up Doc
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2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Today the New York Film Critics Circle – of which I am a brand new member – voted for our annual awards. It’s quite a large group of people so the voting took time – it’s a blind vote, and … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged Agnes Varda, Greta Gerwig, New York, Paul Thomas Anderson, Tiffany Haddish
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Woot Woot!: The New York Film Critics’ Circle class of 2017
So some professional news: I’m thrilled and honored to have been voted in as a member to the New York Film Critics’ Circle (NYFCC), the oldest critics organization in America. (You can read about its history here on their site. … Continue reading
Four Years Ago Today Hurricane Sandy Hit New York, New Jersey
I’ve been through a lot of hurricanes. But Sandy was the worst storm I have experienced. I had made my preparations in my apartment to ride out the storm. The year before we had had Hurricane Irene, which was very … Continue reading
For Father’s Day
Seen yesterday in Brooklyn. I love how the sign across the street is a potential clue to the complexities involved in the question.
“The first announced event is a double feature of Babe: Pig in the City and Eyes Wide Shut, to be introduced by Noah Baumbach.” – on the new arthouse theatre, The Metrograph, opening in NYC
That quote comes from the piece Jordan Hoffman wrote on The Metrograph, the new arthouse theatre opening in Manhattan (the first new one to appear in decades). (Serious Trekkies will probably recognize Jordan’s name. I mean …) First of all, … Continue reading
New York Collage
While New York is no longer the grimy anarchic dangerous New York of my childhood, there are still glimpses of that old anarchy. Anarchy that is strikingly beautiful. This collage, in Greenwich Village, huddled between two indistinct doorways caught my … Continue reading
Noir Night
Manhattan on a windy autumn night is straight out of a film noir. I was meeting someone near Columbus Circle for dinner. The leaves have fallen, the leaves swirled through the darkness. It was misty. Chilly, but not too cold. … Continue reading
“Good Bye New York” by Brendan O’Malley
My brother Brendan is an amazing person, a great father to Cashel and Emmett, and partner to Melody, a supportive and beautiful man. I am so proud of him. We all are. His latest gig is a Story Editor/Writer on … Continue reading