Joel Keller

When I told people that I was going to see a movie called The Killing of John Lennon, no one asked me the inevitable follow-up question: "What is it about?" It's pretty obvious that the title gives a good indication of what the movie's plot was going to be....

Before I went to my Friday screening, I decided to stop at the Tribeca/ASCAP Music Lounge. Wendy wrote about the vibe there earlier in the week, and Friday's final edition was no different. It was relaxed, social, and...

By the time Sunday night had rolled around, I had been going to mostly press screenings at Tribeca. I really wanted to go to a premiere, mostly so I could hear the director and other movie participants stand up and answer questions about their film. I managed to get that...

As we all know, love can do silly things to people. As much as you may try to control who you fall in love with and what you do to pursue that love, sometimes your passion makes you do things that you'd normally never do. Instead of being a joyous...

One of the ironies of the Tribeca Film Festival is that, if you're a member of the press who wants to just watch movies, you tend to spend very little time in Tribeca. Most of the press screenings take place at the Loews 14-plex on 34th St. between 8th and...

Certain movies are critic-proof. They're just so attuned to fans of a certain genre that it doesn't matter what Ebert, Roeper, or anyone else says; people are going to see it. Comedian Jamie Kennedy might have thought that was the kind of movie he was making with his documentary Heckler,...

If you're a fan of Frank Miller, Art Spiegelman, Robert Crumb, or any other artist of "adult" graphic novels, you probably already know who Will Eisner is. But for those of us who aren't comic book fanatics, Eisner's story is still...

Ken Jennings, despite the somewhat arrogant persona he projected as he won what seemed like a thousand Jeopardy! games in a row from June to December 2004, is a pretty funny guy. In fact, he has shown he has quite a dry and somewhat cynical sense of humor, as he...

When I heard that George Carlin and Ann Coulter were going to be appearing together on The Tonight Show Wednesday night, I got excited. Finally, I thought, there's something on TV this summer that's worth giving the...

Remember when people actually gave a rat's patootie about prime-time Presidential addresses? I know it's hard, but think back... back to the days when, if a sitting President announces that he's setting aside time to talk to the nation, people made sure they took the time to watch. They gathered...

One of the great things about going to a film festival like Tribeca is that you get to see all sorts of oddball little shorts that are shown before some of the features. But what if you went to see a screening that was nothing but shorts? It's an odd...

When I listen to supporters of Intelligent Design explain the reasons why they believe it, my reaction depends on who's talking. If I'm hearing a religious zealot defend I.D., I just wave my hand and go "Feh, just another closed-minded creationist." But when a scientist starts explaining why he believes...

Like many TV fans, I have gone through the seven stages of grief when it comes to the demise of "Arrested Development". Yep, they were all there, at one point or another; I even promised that I would give up pork products if it was renewed, but to no...