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This week’s main offering at the movies is “Man on a Ledge”–described as “ludicrous” by some critics and certainly not an Oscar nominee. (It was a lowly 20% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is like an F.) It’s January, of course, and if you couldn’t release a movie by December 31st, you know what January means. But “Man on a Ledge” has another reason of interest. Its screenwriter is Pablo Fenjves. Don’t recognize his... Read More

Maybe red is not the color to have in your movie’s title. “Red Tails,” maybe one of the worst movies ever made, had a strong weekend start after mobilizing its core audience. But on Tuesday, when all the other films in the top 10 went up at the box office, “Red Tails” took a downward spiral. The next few days will determine if the audience is saturated. Word of mouth has to be bad. Meanwhile, at Sundance, Spike Lee’s “Red Hook Summer&... Read More

Former Oscar winner–but not current Oscar nominee Tilda Swinton--is just about one of our most favorite people. Last night she hosted artist boyfriend Sandro Kopp’s first American photo exhibition at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery on Chrystie Street– and it was pretty cool. I’m glad Peggy Siegal scooped us up from an early dinner at Bobby Vans in midtown–after being wowed by a knockout matinee of Audra MacDonald and Norm Lewis in “Porgy and Bes... Read More