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October/November
2009
About Town:
MacKenzie-Childs
Holiday Unveiling McKenzie-Childs Store
Yankee
Parade
Young
International Circle Dia de los Muertos Benefit
Party
Children's
Rights Benefit at IAC
A
Taste of the Good Life Partnership With Children's
Annual Food and Wine Tasting
2009
Couture Council Award for Artistry in Fashion
Luncheon
Honoring Dries van Noten
Fashion:
Mark
Tauriello's Fashion Column
Film:
Frank
J. Avella's Film Column
Cashama
Film Festival
Film Reviews:
Roland
Emmerich's 2012
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Lars
von Trier’s Antichrist
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Lars
von Trier’s Antichrist
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Peter
Billingsley's Couples Retreat
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Judd
Apatow's Funny People
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Gaylen
Ross's
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Michael
Hoffman's The Last Station
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Lynn
Roth's The Little Traitor (Ha’boged
hakaram)
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Peter
Jackson's The Lovely Bones
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Sebastian
Silva's The Maid
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Richard
Linklater's Me And Orson Welles
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Oren
Moverman's The Messenger
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Noah
Buschel's The Missing Person
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Jay
DiPietro’s Peter and Vandy
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Jay
DiPietro’s Peter and Vandy
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Lee
Daniels’s
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’
by Sapphire
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Lee
Daniel's
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by
Sapphire
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Joel
Coen, Ethan Coen's A Serious Man
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Cheryl
Hines's Serious Moonlight
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Anthony
Fabian's Skin
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Kann
Albou's The Wedding Song
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Spike
Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
DVD Reviews:
Nora
Ephron's Julie and Julia
BLU-RAY
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Jake
Cashill's Oral Fixation
Matt
Tyrnauer's Valentino: The Last Emperor
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Woody
Allen’s Whatever Works
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Miss Wendy's Texas
Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy - October 2009
Ask
Miss Wendy - November 2009
Music:
Voodoo
Music Festival New Orleans City Park
“Old
Soul” Lincoln Schofield Orchestrates “Rock
'N Roll” Showcase at Wicked Willy's
The
Machine at B.B. King's
CMJ
Music Festival
The
Dodos at Bowery Ballroom
We
Shot the Moon at Knitting Factor/Brooklyn
Adira
Amram Music Hall of Williamsburg
Kill
Hannah at Webster Hall
Pantyraid's
New Album The Sauce
Looner
Album Review I Love My Tamagotchee!
Imelda
May Nokia
Theatre
Electric
Zoo New York Labor Day Weekend
The
Antlers at Mercury Lounge
The
Rescues at The Canal Room
The
XX and School of Seven Bells
Elias
Stimac Talks to Jeremy X. Halpern
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams October Theater Column
Wendy
R. Williams November Theater Column
Elias
Stimac's Hot Babes in Toyland
Tammy
Scileppi Talks to Katherine Tokarz of Rock
of Ages
Theater Reviews:
American
Idiot
at Berkeley Rep
Reviewed by Allison Ford
Elliot
Ramon Potts’ Loaded:
A New Play
Reviewed by Justin D. Quackenbush
Manson:
The Musical
Reviewed by Elizabeth Murphy
August/September
2009
About Town:
Cancer
Research Institute (CRI) Young Philanthropist
Midsummer Social at Tenjune
Edeyo
Foundation Benefit
Greco
09 in Barcelona, Spain
Hair
Party at Tony's DiNapoli Restaurant
Midsummer
Night Swing at Lincoln Center
Pointe
Suite Art Ball Preparty
Museum
of Fashion Intitute of Technology Summer Party
Home of Charlotte Moss
Gossip
Girl Essay
Contest
The
Bou.Tique Group’s Launch Party
Fashion:
Fashion
Week September 2009
The Circus is Coming to Town
Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week September 2009
Mark
Tauriello's August Fashion Column
Mark
Tauriello's September Fashion Column
Celebrity/Fashion
Photographer Bradford Noble on
She's Got the Look
Film:
Frank
J. Avella's Film Column
Frank
J. Avella Talks to Austin Peck of the Blue
Tooth Virgin
The 2009 New York
Film Festival:
Lars
von Trier’s Antichrist
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Pedro
Almodovar’s Broken Embraces (Los
abrazos rotos)
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Samuel
Maoz’s Lebanon
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Joao
Pedro Rodrigues’s
To Die Like a Man (Morrer Como Un
Homem)
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Marco
Bellocchio’s Vincere (Win)
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
DVD/BLU-RAY Ray
Reviews:
Laurent
Cantet’s The Class
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Stephan
Elliott’s Easy Virtue
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Rowan
Woods' Fragments
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
John
Cassavetes’ Husbands
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Steve
Shill’s Obsessed
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
August/September Film Reviews:
Casper
Andreas and Fred M. Caruso’s The Big
Gay Musical
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Stanley
Tucci's Blind Date
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Abdullah
Oguz's Bliss (Mutluluk)
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Russell
Brown’s The Blue Tooth Virgin
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Nicolas
Winding Refn’s Bronson
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Michael
Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Joe
Berlinger's Crude
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Steve
Jacobs’ Disgrace
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Neill
Blomkamp's District 9
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Kari
Skogland's Fifty Dead Men Walking
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Bob
Gosse's I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Steven
Soderbergh's The Informant!
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Quentin
Tarrantino's Inglorious Basterds
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Ricky
Gervais & Matthew Robinson’s
The Invention of Lying
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Ricky
Gervais & Matthew Robinson’s
The Invention of Lying
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Brandon
Camp's Love Happens
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Richard
Loncraine's My One and Only
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Richard
Eyre's The Other Man
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Spike
Lee's Passing Strange
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Vicky
Jenson's Post Grad
Reviewed by Harvey
Karten
Sam
Garbarski's The Raveski Tango
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Hirokazu
Kore-eda's Still Walking (Aruitemo
Aruitemo)
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Ang Lee's Taking
Woodstock
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Robert
Schwentke's The Time Traveler's Wife
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Music:
All
Points West
Alvin
Band's Mantis Preying
Arlo
Guthrie American Express River to River Festival
Blake's
Souvenir
Bryan
Scary's Mad Valentine EP
David
Mead's Almost and Always
Dirty
Projectors Magnolia Electric Co, Crystal Antlers
JellyNYC Pool Party
Drug
Rug at Mercury Lounge
Frankel:
Anonymity Is The New Fame
Giant
Squid Union Pool
Juan
Calle & His Latin Lantzmen’s Mozeltov
Mis Amigos
Mean
Creek's The Sky (or the Underground)
MOMS
AKA Miracles of Modern Science at Union Hall
Jelly
NYC Pool Party With Health and The Black Lips
Richie
Havens at Castle Clinton American Express
River to River Festival
River
Rocks
Versus
and Superchunk
South Street Seaport
American Express River to River
Whore's
Mascara at Don Hill's
Miss Wendy's Texas
Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy - August
2009
Ask
Miss Wendy - September 2009
New York Stories:
BMX
Bike Jumping - 161st Street Crew
Capture
the Flag
The
High Line
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams Theater Column
July 2009
Fashion:
Tigerlilly
Swim Swear Cocktail Luncheon at the W Hotel Rooftop
Brooklyn
Fashion Week(end)
Film:
Philadelphia
Q Fest Reviews by Frank J. Avella
DVD/BLU-RAY Ray
Reviews:
HBO
Mini-Series Generation Kill
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
HBO's
Grey Gardens
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Johnathon
Schaech's The Poker Club
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Alan
Ball's True Blood
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Patrick
Tatopoulos' Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Jack
Garfein's The Strange One
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Ari
Folman's Waltz with Bashir
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
July Film Reviews:
Max
Mayer’s Adam
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Sophie
Barthes’ Cold Souls
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Boaz
Yakin's Death In Love
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Boaz
Yakin's Death In Love
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Armando
Iannucci’s In the Loop
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Nora
Ephron’s Julie and Julia
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
David
Twohy's A Perfect Getaway
Reviewed
by Harvey Karten
Robert
Luketic's The Ugly Truth
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Music:
A
Camp's New Album, Colonia
Black
Moth Super Rainbow, Blank Dogs, and Dan Friel
at Seaport
Scott
Hardkiss' New Album Technicolor Dream
JellyNYC
Pool Party with Ponytail, Fucked Up and Mission
of Burma
Jenny
Lewis and Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
at the
River to River Festival in Battery Park
Here
We Go Magic at the Seaport
Miss Wendy's Texas
Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
June 2009
About Town:
Champagne
Brunch To Honor The Mount's "Salute to French
Design"
Sylvia
Tosun & Loverush UK CD Release Party Hosted
by
Phillipe and David Blond
Bon
Voyange Luncheon for E. L. Doctorow Queen Mary
II
El
Museo del Barrio 2009 Gala
Welcome
to Gulu Exhibition and Art Benefit United Nations
Delegates Dining
Room
Combier
and Tequila Tasting
Light Space NYC
New
York City Opera Spring Luncheon Celebrating Women’s
Contributions to the Arts at the Mandarin Oriental
Hotel
Arts:
The
Infinity ICP Awards Party Chelsea Piers
Artseen,
An Auction to Benefit The New York Foundation
For the Arts
Fashion:
Celebrity/Fashion
Photographer Bradford Noble on
She's Got the Look
Fashionista
Summer Kick-Off Party at Tenjune
AAS
Icon Ward Parsons School of Design
Awards Ceremony Rooftop Terrace of Lord &
Taylor
Film:
Frank
J. Avella's Film Column
Newfest
Film Reviews by Frank J. Avella
June Film Reviews:
Larry
Charles' Bruno
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Larry
Charles' Bruno
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Anne
Fletcher's The Proposal
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Michael Mann's Public Enemies
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Tony
Scott's The Taking of Pelham 123
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Woody
Allen's Whatever Works
Reviewed by Wendy R. Williams
Harold
Ramis' Year One
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Aviva
Kempner's Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Interview:
William
S.Gooch Talks to Sally LaPointe and Sarah Adelson
of S.Love Fashion
Only
When I Dance
Panel Discussion
2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Music:
Elizabeth
and The Catapult at Joe’s Pub
Art
Brut at Mercury Lounge
Flotation
Wall's Nature
The
Americans' The Americans EP
Fanfarlo's
Reservoir
Shout
Out Out Out Out’s Reintegration Time
New York Stories:
Michael
Jackson Memorial At The Apollo Theater
Coney
Island Mermaid Parade
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams Theater Column
Miss Wendy's Texas Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
May 2009
About Town:
The
Princess Grace Foundation Benefit Cocktail Party
Players Club in Gramercy Park
Alison
Nelson's Chocolate Bar Re-Opening
El
Museo del Barrio Pre Gala Cocktail Party
Bomb
Magazine 28th Anniversay Gala National Arts Club
Fashion:
Burju
Show Launch Party Nest Lounge & Nightclub
Loris
Diran's Flagship Boutique
LeMetric
and Saks Avenue Present: From Hair to Toe,
and From the Inside Out
Robindira
Unsworth Jewelry Collection
Film - The Tribeca Film Festival:
The
Tribeca Film Festival
The
Faces of the Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival Reviews:
Stephan
Elliott’s Easy Virtue
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Paola
Mendoza & Gloria La Morte’s Entre
Nos
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Steven
Soderbergh’s The Girlfriend Experience
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Darko
Lungulov’s Here & There
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Armando
Iannucci’s In the Loop
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Donald
Petrie’s My Life in Ruins
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Kirby
Dick’s Outrage
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Carlos
Cuaron’s Rudo y Cursi
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
May Film Reviews:
Ron
Howard's Angels & Demons
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Rian
Johnson's The Brothers Bloom
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Damien
Wayans' Dance Flick
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Brad
Silberling's Land of the Lost
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
J.J.
Abrams' Star Trek
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Pete
Docter and Bob Peterson's Up
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Interview:
Black
Dynamite Panel Discussion with Actor/Writer Michael
Jai White and Producer Scott Sanders at the 2009
Tribeca Film Festival
Music:
Noah
and The Whale at Bowery Ballroom
Shout
Out Out Out at Bowery Ballroom
New York Stories:
Kite
Day, Parkchester, Bronx
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams Theater Column
Theater Reviews:
Hair:
The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Reviewed
by Frank J. Avella
Miss Wendy's Texas Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
April 2009
About Town:
Dalayh
Jewelry Store Opening Party
Diztrict
Store Opening
Film:
Frank
J. Avella's Film Column
April Film Reviews:
Aristomenis
Tsirbas' Battle for Terra
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Tim
Disney's American Violet
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Alastair
Fothergill and Mark Linfield's Earth
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Daniel
Burman's Empty Nest (El Nido Vacio)
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Adam
Del Deo and James D. Stern's Every Little
Step
Reviewed by Wendy R. Williams
Anna
Broinowsky Forbidden Lies
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Sean
McGinly's The Great Buck Howard
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
John
Hamburg's I Love You Man
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Paolo
Sorrentino's Il Divo
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
John
Crowley's Is Anybody There?
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Daniel
Adams The Golden Boys
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Eran
Riklis's Lemon Tree (Shajarat limon/ Etz halimon)
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Derick
Martini's Lymelife
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Jody
Hill's Observe and Report
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Alex
Rivera's Sleep Dealer
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Kevin
Macdonald's State of Play
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Joe
Wright's The Soloist
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Interview:
The
Cast and Creative Team of Every Little Step
–
The 2006 Chorus Line Documentary
Music:
Coachella
Music Festival Empire Polo Field Indio, California
Tab
the Band, Mimicking Birds and Modest Mouse at
Terminal Five
Theater Reviews:
Hair:
The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Reviewed
by Frank J. Avella
Miss Wendy's Texas Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
March 2009
About Town:
School
of American Ballet Winter Ball
Christopher
Ong Madame Butterly Candle Launch Party
Film:
Frank
J. Avella's Film Column
March Film Reviews:
R.
W. Goodwin's Alien Trespass
Reviewed by Shawn C. Harris
Tony
Gilroy's Duplicity
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Tony
Gilroy's Duplicity
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
John
Maybury's The Edge of Love
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Steve
McQueen’s Hunger
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
John
Hamburg's I Love You Man
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Dennis
Iliadis's The Last House on the Left
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Michael
Keaton's The Merry Gentleman
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Christophe
Barratier's Paris 36
Reviewed by Francesca Simon
Anna
Boden, Ryan Fleck's Sugar
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Christine
Jeff's Sunshine Cleaning
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata
Reviewed by Francesca Simon
Music:
Dropkick
Murphys, Civet and H2O at Roseland
Drug
Rug @ Mercury Lounge
Glorious
Veins at Public Assembly
Sean
Bones, Francis and The Lights and Les Savy Favs
at
Masonic Temple
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams Theater Column
Theater Reviews:
Alfred
Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
Mini Review by Wendy R. Williams
Miss Wendy's Texas Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
February 2009
About Town:
American
Cancer Society’s Asian Initiatives Unit
Young Professionals’ Gala For Hope
Russell
James Portrait Collection Launch
Party
Stephen Weiss Studio
NY400
Holland on the Hudson Launch Party at MoMA
Fashion:
February
2009 Fashion Week
Film:
Frank
J. Avella's Film Column
February Film Reviews:
William
Sten Olsson's An American Affair
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
P.J.
Hogan's Confessions of a Shopaholic
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Michael
Selditch and Rob Tate's Eleven Minutes
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Mark
Webber’s Explicit Ills
Reviewed by Frank J. Avella
Carlos
Saura's Fados
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Matteo
Garrone's Gomorrah
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Tom
Tykwer's The International
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
James
Gray's Two Lovers
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Music:
Fujiya
& Miyagi at Le Poisson Rouge
The
Von Bondies at Mercury Lounge
Alaska
In Winter at Monkeytown / Williamsburg
G'DAY
USA: Australia Week 2009 Australia Plays
Broadway
Bear
Hands at Webster Hall Studio
New York Stories:
New
York City Subway Musicians
Everyone
Has a Job
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams Theater Column
Theater Reviews:
Blanche
Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire
Reviewed by Bryan Close
Toshiki
Okada's Five Days in March
Reviewed by Shawn C. Harris
Joseph
Keckler's Human Jukebox
Reviewed by Shawn C. Harris
Miss Wendy's Texas Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
January 2009
About Town:
Meet
the Duchess Party - Hispanic Society of America
Gypsy
Portrait Unveiling
Little
Barrel Launch Party
January Film Reviews:
Roberta
Grossman's
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of
Hannah Senesh
Reviewed by Meg van Huygen
Doris
Dorrie's
Cherry Blossoms (Kirschbluten - Hanami)
Reviewed by Harvey Kartel
Nikhil
Advani 's
Chandi Chowk to China
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Olly
Blackburn's Donkey Punch
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Joel
Hopkins' Last Chance Harvey
Reviewed by Francesca Simon
David
Ondaatje's The Lodger
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Barry
Jenkins'
Medicine For Melancholy
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Jonas
Elmer's New In Town
Reviewed by Francesca Simon
Milcho
Manchevsky
Shadows (Senki)
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
Carlos
Reygadas' Silent Light
Reviewed by Shawn Harris
Interview:
William
S. Gooch Talks to Austin McCormick
Music:
Aaron
Beaumont at The Living Room
Deer
Tick and Talk Normal at the Knitting Factory
Mucc
at Irving Plaza
New York Stories:
Harlem
Celebration of the Inauguration of Barack Obama
Hard
Court Bike Polo
Theater:
Wendy
R. Williams Theater Column
Theater Reviews:
Fuerzabruta
Reviewed by Shawn Harris
Miss Wendy's Texas Love Advice:
Ask Miss Wendy
