Love and Sexuality
Relax, the stranger said in a soothing tone. Remember, it once was the first time for everybody.... Poker queens...
Relax, the stranger said in a soothing tone. Remember, it once was the first time for everybody.
She had almost chickened out in the car on the ride there. "I was dying to check it out, but I was so nervous.
"It's funny thinking back on it. I go all the time now. Certain regulars see me and say: 'Look out! Here comes the card shark.' "
Like 24-year-old Jessic...
I don't know what I'm supposed to feel during The Squid and the Whale. Sympathy, I suppose, for... `Squid, Whale' a fine sw
I don't know what I'm supposed to feel during The Squid and the Whale. Sympathy, I suppose, for two bright boys whose parents are getting a messy divorce. Both parents are writers and use words as weapons; the boys choose sides and join the war. In theory, I observe their errors and sadness and think, there but for the grace of God go I. In practice, I feel envy.
I would have loved to h...
Film capsules are written by Lawrence Toppman. If there are no stars given, he hasn't seen the m... Capsule Movie Reviews...
Film capsules are written by Lawrence Toppman. If there are no stars given, he hasn't seen the movie. Grades: 4 stars = excellent, 3 stars = good, 2 stars = fair, 1 star = poor.
This flawed but ambitious movie follows a champion speller (Flora Cross) whose mystical father (Richard Gere) believes her language skills may unlock secrets of the Kabbalah, which could heal not only their riven...
o far, movie audiences have been more naughty than nice in rejecting some of the summer's bigges... A blizzard of films...
o far, movie audiences have been more naughty than nice in rejecting some of the summer's biggest no-brainers, like "Stealth" and "Kingdom of Heaven." If Santa doesn't pull something big out of his sack by Dec. 25, this could be a bleak winter for the busy elves on the West Coast.
Dominating the holiday schedule — at 50 feet high, in every sense of the word — is "King Kong" ...
I would have loved to have two writers as parents, grow up in a Bohemian family in Brooklyn, and ... 'Squid, Whale' tra
I would have loved to have two writers as parents, grow up in a Bohemian family in Brooklyn, and hear dinner-table conversation about Dickens. These kids have it great. Their traumas will inspire them someday. Heck, the movie was written and directed by Noah Baumbach, whose parents were writers (the novelist Jonathan Baumbach, the film critic Georgia Brown), and look how he turned out. By the t...
With hosts like Scotty the Blue Bunny and Rose Wood, New York's ?neo-burlesque' nets a pansexua... The queer side of Burley Q..
With hosts like Scotty the Blue Bunny and Rose Wood, New York's ?neo-burlesque' nets a pansexual following
The femme fatale on stage is resplendent, with arresting makeup and a dazzling costume that's quite revealing. She dances, she lip-syncs and maybe even acts out the lyrics. Her appreciative audience claps and hollers.
The emcee, often in drag, tells jokes, introduces the gir...
At first glance, WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes and actor George Takei, best known for his role as... Gay minorities fight cultu
At first glance, WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes and actor George Takei, best known for his role as Mr. Sulu on TV's "Star Trek," may appear to have little in common.
Swoopes, 34, is in the prime of her career, having recently won her third Most Valuable Player award as a forward for the Houston Comets. Takei, 68, is on the downside of a career that peaked during the 1970s with his role as...
La vie Boheme: 'Rent' offers high hopes, but delivers flat results Leaving the world of "... La vie Boheme: 'Rent' offe
La vie Boheme: 'Rent' offers high hopes, but delivers flat results
Leaving the world of "Harry Potter" for Manhattan's low-rent district, director Chris Columbus has come up with something well shy of magical.
As he showed with the first two "Potter" movies, Columbus has a knack for making big movies that are far less interesting than their source material. With "Rent," Columbus ...
DAMASCUS, Syria — To say the least, she is modest. She is covered from head to foot in a tr... In Mideast, Barbie gives w
DAMASCUS, Syria — To say the least, she is modest. She is covered from head to foot in a traditional black robe. She has no boyfriend and will never have one, let alone one named Ken.
Across the Middle East and North Africa, Fulla is the top-selling doll due to a simple appeal: Dismayed by the Western values that Barbie is thought to promote, Arab parents and their children are grab...
'Are you still alive out there?" Joel Gibb's question, not long into his performance wit... Playing by theatre's ru
'Are you still alive out there?" Joel Gibb's question, not long into his performance with his band the Hidden Cameras, pointed out the one weak link in his joint venture with Christopher House and Toronto Dance Theatre. It's all very well to put dancers on stage, especially with a large band that seems to welcome anyone who can animate the playing space in interesting ways. But when y...
