Lillian Hellman's 1934 melodrama The Children's Hour, about two schoolteachers accused of lesbianism, was banned from the British stage until 1960. But times have changed and audiences have embraced the L word—at least when celebrities are involved. A recent revival starring Elisabeth Moss, Keira Knightley, and Ellen Burstyn has been a sensation in London, where, Ben Brantley reports, "audiences are lining up, and paying top scalper prices, for the privilege of watching them squirm, seethe and turn deathly pale. Which they do, by the way, most convincingly."
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Elisabeth Moss, Keira Knightley Likely Coming to Broadway!
Big Holiday Movies Get Lukewarm Reception
The reviews are in for the $180 million production of The Golden Compass, and they’re lackluster at best, which is a pity not just for fans of the novel from which it’s adapted but for New Line Cinema, which was banking on another Lord of the Rings cash cow. Times critic Manohla Dargis calls it flawed and cluttered, although her description of Nicole Kidman ought to sway any dudes reluctant to see a movie starring...
Liveblogging the Academy Awards 2006
JC: ALL RIGHT! I just took extra Vitamin C - I'm waiting for some food delivery.
Looking Into the Crystal Ball for the Oscars
As Jon Stewart takes to the stage this Sunday at 8 pm to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards, the movie-lovin' Gothamist will be watching with eager anticipation from our couch. The spectacle, the glamour, the bad musical numbers and cheesy memorial montages -- we love it all. In fact, Gothamist (ie. Jen Chung and movie correspondent Karen Wilson) will be live blogging the ceremony but in the meantime, here's a few predictions for the winners:
Oscar Nominations 2006: Indie Movies Broke(back) Out of the Pack
It's the itch we can't scratch - the Academy Awards. We make sure we see the announcements at 8:30AM and then rush to work, thinking about the nominations while on the train. This morning, Academy President Sid Ganis and Mira Sorvino (who isn't doing anything else, anyway) announced the nominations. As expected, Brokeback Mountain, Good Night and Good Luck, and Capote earned many nominations, and Crash made a surprising showing with Best Picture, Best Director and even a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Matt Dillon. Other surprises/interesting things:
Blogging the Golden Globes 2006
- Nicolette Sheridan does not look over-Botoxed with fish lips!
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- The Village Voice gets director Victor Buhler (he did the documentary Rikers High) to do a feature about the kids getting their GEDs at Rikers
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