Tweet Stateside hipsters are counting the days to the November 21 opening of Gaga’s Workshop, the dedicated holiday space crafted by Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti at the Madison Avenue flagship of Barneys New York. Until then, the fine fashionistas…
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‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ Review: Elizabeth Olsen breaks out in suspenseful cult drama
Tweet Martha Marcy May Marlene Rated R Running Time: 101 Minutes Grade: A Perfect ambiguity brings filmmaker Sean Durkin’s suspenseful drama about a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) escaping an abusive cult to a daring close that leaves audiences wondering…
‘Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football’ filmmaker Rashid Ghazi travels to Dearborn, Mich. to make a documentary about high school sports but exits with story of deep-rooted patriotism
Tweet Drive Interstate 75 through the brown fields of industrial Detroit and you’ll see countless stories of hardship and struggle just beyond your car windshield. Rashid Ghazi, a Chicago-based sports marketing and TV consultant, looks beyond the despair and tells…
TIFF 2011: ‘Livid’ Review: French filmmaker duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo create a frightening fantasy
Tweet Livid The Weinstein Company Rating: TBD Running Time: 88 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS The French filmmaker duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo are undisputed masters of horror thanks to their incredible debut thriller Inside (A l’intérieur),…
TIFF 2011: ‘Damsels in Distress’ Review: Whit Stillman returns with quirky female comedy
Tweet Damsels in Distress Sony Pictures Classics Rating TBA Running Time: 98 minutes Grade: B REVIEW BY STEVE RAMOS Up-and-coming actress Greta Gerwig and long-absent filmmaker Whit Stillman make a comic dream team in the hip and intentionally odd…
The Morning Feed: Talk Show Host Craig Ferguson Receives Letter Filled with White Powder
Tweet Late-night talk show host Craig Ferguson received an unexpected scare and some unique monologue material when two of his Late Late Show staffers came in contact Tuesday with a mysterious white powder after opening an envelope at his CBS…
Box Office Guru: ‘One Day’ Stumbles in its Debut; just like ‘Conan’
Tweet Long after the reporting of the weekend’s top-earning movies became an evening news fixture; past the rising popularity of showbiz websites dedicated solely to box office reporting, I wrote indieWire’s weekly box office column for a couple of years…
The Morning Feed: ‘Paradise Lost’ Filmmakers witness the release of the West Memphis 3
Tweet Filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky were in a Jonesboro, Ark. court yesterday to witness the release of prison inmates Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelly after 18 years in prison. Known as the West Memphis 3 and…
The Morning Feed: ‘Blade Runner’ Déjà vu — Ridley Scott to revisit his 1982 sci-fi classic
Tweet Ridley Scott continued work on his highly secretive Alien prequel Prometheus, starring Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba among others. The veteran director also agreed to return to another one of his classic sci-fi franchises, his 1982 film…
The Morning Feed: Lady Gaga to Decorate Barneys New York Christmas Windows
Tweet After becoming a cover girl for fashion magazines Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar earlier this year, performer Lady Gaga cements her trendsetter status with a deal to decorate the Madison Ave. Christmas windows at Barneys New York. In addition to…