Marie Antoinette

A Festivus for the Rest of Us! Movie Mavens Hit Manhattan

Twinkling lights and Chinese lanterns festooned the trees at Tavern on the Green’s New York Film  read more »

Sofia's Marie: A Royal Pain

Marie Antoinette was loudly booed in Cannes. Well, why not?  read more »

Scorsese Takes Boston, And Electrifies With Departed

Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio in <i>The Departed</i>.
Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed.

Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, from a screenplay by William Monahan, based on Andrew Lau and  read more »

Two Queens, Dreamgirls, And Craig Attempts Bond

Despite some attempts to set the record straight, the story persists that Sofia Coppola’s Marie An  read more »

Swiss Masquerading as Turk, Victim of His Own Expertise

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Among the many masterpieces regularly on the walls at the Frick Collection, there’s an inconsp  read more »

Pioneering Bistro Untouched By Vastly Altered Surroundings

American diner on one side, Parisian bistro on the other: Florent, the original destination spot of the meatpacking district.
James Hamilton
American diner on one side, Parisian bistro on the other: Florent, the original destination spot of the meatpacking district.

Florent One Star 69 Gansevoort Street (between Greenwich and Washington Streets) 212-989-5779  read more »

Pioneering Bistro Untouched By Vastly Altered Surroundings

FlorentOne Star

69 Gansevoort Street

(between Greenwich and Washington Streets)

212-989-5779  read more »

Let Them Eat Everything

Not quite sure... what to... period costume drama... early New Order song... Spiderman's girlfriend... Asia Argento... Marianne Faithfull... so confused.... Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette trailer.

Wales Beached Here

A man, a plan, a mannequin! Thoroughly knackered, I join
James Hamilton
A man, a plan, a mannequin! Thoroughly knackered, I join

I have never felt more regal, smug or self-satisfied.  read more »

Viva La Gallophobia! But Save Françoise Hardy

Despite my Miss Piggy-like fondness for French and Franglais, I'm a raving Gallophobe. Aren't you?  read more »