Movies
When Richard Pryor--of “Critical Condition” (citywide)--is on a roll, his eyes take on a strange, fiendish-little-boy mixture of desperation and glee, fear and crazy desire.
Jan. 16, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
The piece on Lennie Weinrib by Kevin Thomas (Nov. 24) was first-rate and warmly nostalgic.
Dec. 9, 1995
Eric Mendelsohn’s “Judy Berlin” is a comedy of the most delicately balanced perfection, rueful yet radiant, every moment calibrated with exquisite precision for just the right effect.
Feb. 25, 2000
The first life of Ron Clark and Sam Bobrick’s comedy “Murder at the Howard Johnson’s” was quite deadly.
July 27, 1993
Television
When serious, reputable anchorwoman Diane Sawyer put on a come-hither pose for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, a lot of people were shocked.
June 16, 1989
In “Don Juan DeMarco,” a young masked man (Johnny Depp) effortlessly seduces a wide-eyed woman he picks up in a swank restaurant and then, proclaiming his sadness at the loss of his one true love, prepares to jump from a billboard to his death.
April 7, 1995
Books
BALANCING ACT: The Authorized Biography of Angela Lansbury; by Martin Gottfried; Little Brown, $24.50, 352 pages.
Feb. 18, 1999
“My Boyfriend’s Back” (citywide), an awful teen horror comedy, hits a new low in high concepts: a 17-year-old (Andrew Lowery) wants to take the girl (Traci Lind) of his dreams to the big prom so badly that not even death will stop him.
Aug. 6, 1993
Can costume designer Nolan Miller, the man who makes Linda Evans and Joan Collins look like a million bucks on “Dynasty,” do the same for the rest of us?
July 8, 1988
Ray Cooney’s “Run for Your Wife,” the longest-running comedy on the London stage, is Broadway-bound after 6 years on the West End.
Dec. 31, 1988