Any fan of Downton Abbey and Absolutely Fabulous will get a particular kick out of this. It includes Ab Fab creator, writer and star Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley and Kim Cattrall. Hilarious. It was produced by the BBC for Red…
Bonnie & Clyde, Falling Down, Natural Born Killers and The Devil’s Rejects, shaken and served straight up, with a twist of Kick Ass… It looks like Magnolia Pictures and comedian, writer and director Bobcat Goldthwait have given us an early Christmas present this year with God Bless America.
If you haven't subscribed to Alec Baldwin's podcast Here's The Thing, do it now. In this episode, Alec has a fascinating talk with the legendary Dick Cavett at Cavett's home on Long Island, a house called Tick Hall. From the…
Appearing on a commercial, movie or television show is something. Appearing on a hit television show with an astounding shelf life - even years after its final episode - is something else. In the summer of 1999, I had the…
This is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. A heist... gangsters... fedoras... guns... a lounge... a girl... a vintage Citroën... Moody, quiet, not a lot of dialog. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, auteur behind several other smart and…
Welcome to Volume 5, which is, for the most part, another collection of golden throwbacks. Each of these tracks takes me to such specific places in my life. "Native New Yorker" first hit my ears when I was a native…
On a lap through Salvation Army a couple of weeks ago, my eye was caught by this jacket. When I tried it on, it fit in the shoulders and chest, but needed to be taken in a bit in the…
Watch here tonight at 7:00 p.m. for a TimesTalk with George Clooney and Alexander Payne, who directed, co-wrote and produced The Descendents. The talk will be moderated by none other than David Carr (@carr2n).
The original silent Super-8 footage was filmed by Ruby Max Fury on September 21, 1979, the second of a two-night run at the Palladium in New York City. A fan (DrugStabbingTime) layered bootleg audio onto the footage to give the…
Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's the…