Marlon Brando
Brando, Sturges, Samurai; Don’t Miss Pre-Code, Old Bond
“Using every threat, contract, and influence I could muster”: That’s John Huston i read more »
Not Lovable, But Quotable: Bette Davis' Restless Fury
We were talking about Bette Davis. read more »
Confessions of a Porn Enthusiast: Before Deep Throat, There Was …
Unable to obtain a video screener of the documentary Inside Deep Throat, and unwilling to return to read more »
Smacking Foreheads in the Night: A Sexual Narcissist Remembers
It Seemed Important at the Time: A Romance Memoir, by Gloria Vanderbilt. read more »
DVD's, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables
I Don't Wanna HavanaAfter watching all 80 minutes of the tepid remake Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights , read more »
Marlon Memories
Actress Elaine Stritch called from her house on the Upper East Side to tell The Transom about her fr read more »
The Great White Way, The Way It Was
Anyone still foolish enough to take the temperature or check the pulse of the fabulous invalid that read more »
Jitterbug, Anyone?
Boys in flowered bathing suits faded by the sun. read more »
Here's to the Lady Who Jumps: Elaine Stritch at the Public
I'd say the audience is in thepalm of Elaine Stritch's hand from the first words of her glorious one read more »
Never Say Never-Land
Tavern on the Green … shit. I'm still only at Tavern on theGreen.
It was going on 2 a.m. read more »
Labor of Lunch
"My ex-husband was always a pain about his food," said an English friend over lunch at Craft. read more »
Joyce Carol Loves Norma Jean: A Brilliant, Messy Embrace
Blonde , by Joyce Carol Oates. read more »
Conan's New Deal; Tom Green's Shtick
Wednesday, July 14Is Conan O'Brien building a late-night empire à la David Letterman's Worldwide Pa read more »
Forget Kundun ; We've Got a Dollah-lama
It's that time of year when, sated with binge buying and partying, getting and spending, we New York read more »









