Reviewing the 63rd Annual New York Film Festival

The 63rd annual event dazzled with A-list stars, but our critic found hidden gems among…


The 62nd New York City Film Festival: A Mixed Bag

Our reviewer did his best. But even with an abundance of movies to choose from,…


Taking the Plunge: Swimming Places We Loved

Late-summer memories of magical swimming spots, past and present, in Yonkers and Port Washington, not…


Edible Memories: At Le Café Arnold, Chicken Flambé and V8 juice

European elegance—slightly ersatz—at a French establishment that was once a mainstay on Central Park South…


Job at Alphabet City’s Connelly Theater: An Ecstatic Review

Spellbinding. Nothing short of phenomenal. So says our reviewer, George Blecher, of this 80-minute two-hander…


Art Cinema—An Endangered Species?

A rundown of six New York Film Festival films (two of them terrific; the rest—not…


I’ll Never Forget … Billie Holiday, June 15, 1957

The night the music came alive at the Loew’s Sheridan Theatre, New York City By…


The City as Desire … Manhattan Bottom to Top

A child of the boroughs ventures forth in midcentury New York By George Blecher  …


Our Book Reviews are Back. Part 1: Fiction

We start with four novels, telling tales—and tales within tales. Because…isn’t reality overrated?   The…


Leopoldstadt on Broadway: A Review

Tom Stoppard’s highly anticipated take on the tragedy of Austro-German Jews is only occasionally riveting…