Critics Award of the Day (CAD): John Heilpern

John Heilpern over at The Observer gets props from us today for corroborating our qualms with Opus. He even articulates (did he have a copy of the script?) our citations of music-as-metaphor, which further bolsters our donning of the DUCHY on Linda Winer!
“And here comes Dorian, the temperamental genius of the quartet, grasping for the [...]

A Compromising Position

The Observer’s Culture Czar reports that Film Forum has compromised its long-held choke-hold over distribution rights in NYC. (A little birdie told us that back in the 90’s, BAM had its own tales of horror in trying to open its indie-tilted Rose cinemas… ;) The film in question is the much anticipated Dylan pic, I’m Not [...]

Hairspray Tops Chuck, Larry

The New York Observer reports that at least in New York City, Hairspray played top to Chuck and Larry’s bottom at the box office.