Situated among the countless arts organizations in New York City are enclaves of passionate culture hounds who gather under the auspices of psychoanalytic training institutes. "There are approximately 38 (such institutes) in Manhattan alone," notes Alan Grossman, LCSW, director of the NY Counseling Center's Training Institute. Joan Erdheim, PhD, President...

Neither St. Trinian's nor An Education (to a lesser extent) has been a total darling of American critics, but each film celebrates the rebellion and anarchy of adolescence, which is a rite of passage in almost every culture.

St. Trinian's is to the U.K. what Rocky Horror Picture...

Plays Nearly 3 Months in NYC, Now Out in Cities Across U.S.

No one was more surprised than I to see the documentary Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg enter its third month at the Quad Cinema in New York City while it played simultaneously at the Westhampton Theater in Richmond,...

Perhaps, there is no more fitting day than September 11th to write about a film that reminds us of our shared humanity as we struggle to survive, better ourselves, and deal with the subject of loss. Currently, this is exemplified in a new film by first-time, feature-length director and writer...

Perhaps the title of the HBO documentary by director Dana Perry might have been called A Family Interrupted. For every completed suicide, one finds a trail of other casualties made up of everyone who ever touched or was touched by that individual. This is the lesson and the legacy captured...

Director/writer Boaz Yakin's new film, Death in Love, stars actress, Jacqueline Bisset -- looking much younger than 64 -- Josh Lucas, 38, and Lukas Haas, 32, who play her extremely troubled sons. Much of the film is set in New York City in the 1990s. Yakin, a native New Yorker,...

This is Part II of an article on Doris Day and a discussion with her biographer, David Kaufman. His paperback was released this June. To read Part I, click here:
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Q & A With David Kaufman (cont'd)

Any interesting information about actors...

There are certain actors we encounter as children having grown up on classic film who have a profound impact on us, and no one knows this better than author David Kaufman. In his introduction to Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door, he remembers first seeing Day...

Belgian-born actress Yolande Moreau (Vagabond, Amelie) gives a stunning and heartbreaking performance in this partly fictionalized biography of the painter Seraphine, a simple woman who drew most of her inspiration from the beautiful French countryside of Senlis. There is a touching, early scene where...

Director/co-screenwriter Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) had his work cut out for him in adapting one of Noel Coward's more obscure plays. Coward continues to cast a long and glamorous shadow as American audiences currently enjoy his better known and well-loved play Blithe Spirit on...

The following film article is part of a special series on the rise in popularity of documentary films published by Critical Women on Film, the online journal of the Women Film Critics Circle. Among the many points discussed are the failure of the mainstream media to adequately cover several controversial...

Thirty-six years ago and about a minute before she was smeared and dubbed "Hanoi Jane," Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and six of their "trouble-making" friends were the subject of a documentary film called FTA. They formed a touring company of activist actors, comedians, singers, and writers who performed in coffeehouses...

Final Close Ups on Nina Foch, Van Johnson & Others

A significant theatrical loss in 2008 was that of the versatile and lyrical actress Lois Nettleton who worked in all three mediums -- film, television, and theater -- and did so brilliantly. Anita Page, born in 1910, who starred with...

Just this morning, Kristin Scott Thomas was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Dramatic Actress for I've Loved You So Long. The writing is certainly on the wall for more nominations to follow for her extraordinary performance as Juliette.

British-born actress Kristin Scott Thomas recites with equal ease...