NEW YORK
NEW YORKER IN THE MAKING“Windmills and Fashion Shows” I’m not a New Yorker yet, but I’m proud...
UP IN THE AIR
“Up in the Air” is a grown-up movie about grown-up characters, for grown-ups....
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Disney returns to its old-fashioned roots in the wildly colorful, darkly magical–and,...
FELA!
“Fela!” is a whirlwind of song and dance, a perpetual motion machine...
AVATAR
It’s been twelve years since film auteur and self-proclaimed “King of...
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Restaurants and bars
POINT BRAZILPoint Brazil has typical Brazilian food, at really affordable prices. Local people...
AMBER
Amber is located in the nice neighborhood of Gramercy, or as some would say, Murray...
CINEMA CAFE
Stop by and check for yourself. It’s worth dining at Cinema Cafe. . Located...
RESTAURANT ROW
So you’ve been visiting Manhattan with your friends for a couple of days and...
ARCTICA BAR & GRILL
Video: View of Third Avenue. Smoked salmon, grilled steak and eggs: perfect...
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Performing arts
UP IN THE AIR“Up in the Air” is a grown-up movie about grown-up characters, for grown-ups. There isn’t a car chase, explosion, gunfight or bloodbath in the entire film. It’s low- key, literate, and infinitely charming. And it works. George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a part-time motivational speaker and full-time professional hatchet man... [Read more of this review]
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
Disney returns to its old-fashioned roots in the wildly colorful, darkly magical–and, most importantly, hand-drawn–”The Princess and the Frog”, a New Orleans-set fairy tale based on “The Frog Prince” that also happens to be the first Disney feature to star both an African-American heroine and a predominantly African-... [Read more of this review]
FELA!
“Fela!” is a whirlwind of song and dance, a perpetual motion machine in which all the parts are nearly always moving, always gyrating, largely in synch with the Afro-beat rhythms that give the show its pulse. The star (and he is very much the star; he has nearly all the lines, and participates in practically all the numbers) is Fela himself,... [Read more of this review]
AVATAR
It’s been twelve years since film auteur and self-proclaimed “King of the World” James Cameron released the Oscar-winning hit, “Titanic”. Now, he’s finally come out with his long-awaited follow-up, the uber-hyped (and very un-”Titanic”-like) “Avatar”. Was it worth the wait? Is King Jim still... [Read more of this review]
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
The animated film, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” – starring George Clooney and Meryl Streep – is, at least in part, a caper movie, but not the kind in which expensively-dressed slicksters steal fortunes from shady Las Vegas casino owners (as in Clooney’s “Ocean’s 11″ movies, for example). No, the capers here involve... [Read more of this review]
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