Reviews

Review: “I’m Your Woman” Is a Terrible Title for a Terrific Film that Shows Rachel Brosnahan Won’t Always Be Mrs. Maisel

Julia Hart's "I'm Your Woman" is the best movie with the worst title of the year. I don't know what anyone was thinking about...

Review: Ron Howard’s “Pavarotti” Hits All the Right Notes Capturing the Out-sized Life of a Man with Giant Appetites

Ron Howard’s "Pavarotti" is a cinematic gem which captures the larger than life tenor and those who loved him.  Opera is secondary in this...

Review: Julianne Moore Is First in Line for Next Year’s Oscars with “Gloria Bell,” An Anthem for Independent Women

“Gloria Bell," starring Julianne Moore in the title role, opens wide today to rave reviews.  (The film has a 92 on Rotten Tomatoes.)...

Review: Steve Carell, Timothee Chalamet Look for Answers in “Beautiful Boy”

I expected to cry copious tears at “Beautiful Boy,” an Amazon addiction drama based on two memoirs, one from journalist David Sheff, played by...

RIP: Three-Time Tony Winner Tom Meehan, Wrote “The Producers,” “Annie,” “Hairspray”

Tom Meehan has died at age 88. My friend and neighbor, who I was lucky to know, was a Broadway superstar when it came...

Review: M. Night Shayamalan Causes a “Split” When it Comes to Plot Satisfaction

M. Night Shyamalan’s new film “Split,” which releases wide today is a psychological thriller that hit the jackpot by casting the tremendously talented James...

Review “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Is the Adele of Movies: It’s Exactly What We Wanted, and Well Done

The most anticipated movie of all time, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is exactly what we wanted. I can't think of a movie sequel...

Broadway: “American In Paris” Is First Big Potential Tony Nominee of the Season

Goldie Hawn, Dame Helen Mirren and director husband  Taylor Hackford were among the stars who turned out Sunday night for the triple home run,...

Woody Allen’s Smash Broadway Opening: Film’s Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest “Loved It”

Dianne Wiest won the second of her two Oscars (so far) for Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" in 1995. (The first was for "Hannah...

Broadway: An Old Fashioned Sardi’s Night for Tyne Daly in “Mothers and Sons”

"Cagney and Lacey" was long in the past last night as Tyne Daly took hold of the stage at the Golden Theater. She stars...