Movies
Toronto International Film Festival: ‘Imogene’ makers hope for redemption
Sept. 6, 2012
Shari Springer Berman was walking down a street here one sweltering summer night in 1988 when a sight took her aback: Out of nowhere, a passerby was being clubbed by a policeman.
Aug. 13, 2015
Food
Movie review: The film pays tribute to the legendary restaurant’s longtime staffers.
May 15, 1998
Entertainment & Arts
Paul Giamatti plays curmudgeonly comics writer Harvey Pekar with lyrical desperation in ‘American Splendor.’
Aug. 15, 2003
Travel & Experiences
A documentary opening Friday looks back at the final days of a Hollywood landmark: Chasen’s.
May 11, 1998
“Ten Thousand Saints” pulsates with full-blooded supporting characters who create a tragic-absurd tapestry of decay and rebellion in the Ronald Reagan years, from depressed New England to volatile New York.
Movie also wins for best screenplay; Jackson is named best director and acting honors go to Murray, Watts.
Jan. 9, 2004
‘Lost in Translation’ is best original script. Adaptation honor goes to ‘American Splendor.’
Feb. 22, 2004
Kristen Wiig comedy ‘Imogene’ plays to packed Toronto house
Sept. 8, 2012
During the question-and-answer period after a rapturously received screening of “American Splendor” at the recent Sundance Film Festival, an audience member asked the film’s subject, curmudgeonly underground comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, if he still felt as hopeless as he seemed in the movie.
Feb. 16, 2003