Check out the new documentary on trippy but influential ‘60s guru Father Yod and his howling Ya Ho Wah 13 band. A pretty neato new documentary which opened this week at Manhattan’s IFC Center in New York –and coming to … Read More
We’re getting behind it, despite the comments of the careless critics. What do they know? The Robert Redford-starring adaptation in 1974 was NOT all that, and it featured a utterly bonkers Mia Farrow in the Daisy role. Fun fact: there … Read More
The de-lovely DeNiro-founded hoo-hah is coming round the bend. Hollywood East lands hard in downtown’s most fashionable zip code, from April 17th-28th, when the TriBeCa Film Festival premieres. Seats are flying out of the theaters and private screening rooms and … Read More
New biography on the easy-riding raging bull arrives. Tom Folsom’s biography, Hopper: A Journey Into the American Dream, was feted this past Tuesday night at New York’s SoHo House, with an oddly special performance by No. 1 fan Molly Ringwald and … Read More
Christopher Walken gets snubbed for Best Supporting Actor, and we’re mad as hell. Okay, so what’s not to like about Tommy Lee Jones, Alan Arkin, Christoph Waltz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robert DeNiro, this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Supporting … Read More
‘Deadfall’ is the latest all-fall-down thriller to make us snuggle up in bed and watch the snowy Domino Effect go into play. Of course, “It’s a Wonderful Life” is as scary and tragic as it gets, but for real holiday … Read More
This month’s unbeatable DVD release is the jammin’ documentary ‘Marley’ Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) directed this recent unsung theatre release, featuring rare footage, performances, and interviews with those that knew reggae deity Bob Marley … Read More
‘The Master’ vs. ‘Citizen Kane’ While much hub-bub has been made likening Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s character in “The Master” to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, we think that director Paul Thomas Anderson was taking his inspiration from “Citizen Kane” and … Read More
Thompson LES was thrilled to host the Robot and Frank premiere at Above Allen last week. Pictures from the event are below.
A new bike messenger movie gives Mayor Bloomberg—and ‘The French Connection’ a run for its money. It’s so….on! Being a big bicycle rider ourselves, and having been slammed with both car doors opening as well as sidewalk-bicycling tickets– we’re thrilled … Read More
And so it begins…with a ‘heartbreaking’ novelist creating the movie fest poster! The first of the movie festivals that matters is around the bend: the 39th Telluride Film Festival, taking place in the Colorado Mountains August 31st-September 3rd. Here’s what … Read More
Tuesday eves are film-o-ramic at the Thompson Beverly Hills rooftop! “On the hush-hush, Q-T,” as Danny DeVito said in “L.A. Confidential”: The venerable Caulfield’s at Thompson Beverly Hills hotel rooftop bar and pool-lounging grounds presents fun, smog-friendly movie selections each … Read More
From the Vulgaria to the Tormented, the 11th annual New York Asian Film Festival hits all sorts of nerve centers. Presenting over 50 feature- and short-length films from nations such as Cambodia, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, … Read More
From Room 100 and Raquel Welch, a truly “independent” film for background amusement and star-spangled sightings. We suggest (like you aren’t already) starting your Indie Day festivities this weekend, and carrying it on all through the week until next Wednesday, … Read More
The movie adaptation of the classic Florida Gothic novel ‘The Paperboy’ hits the recently-ended Cannes with a different sort of splash. Nicole Kidman urinates on a man to soothe his jellyfish stings. Mon dieu! Cannes Film Fest is over, and … Read More
