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David Chase's debut feature film, about a '60s Jersey rock band, to headline NYFF
The film, a coming-of-age tale set in New Jersey in 1964, follows three Italian-American friends who form a rock band and aim for Springsteenesque glory. More
James Galdofini talks about the 'Sopranos' ending from five years ago, and we still care
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
'Carnage': A triumph for Polanski, and the funniest movie about hopelessness you'll ever see
A privileged existence leads to guilt, and guilt leads to savage behavior.
That is the obvious message in Roman Polanski's Carnage (an adaptation of Yasmina Reza's hit Broadway play God of Carnage), in which two sets of upscale New York parents get together to discuss a brawl between their sons on the schoolyard. Over the course of the next 80 minutes, what should have been a cordial conversation between concerned parents descends into outright anarchy. Ugliness and pettiness is laid bare, and there is no hope for humanity. And, oh yeah, it's hilarious from beginning to end. More
