New York Cool: 2009 Archives
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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
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
The Cast and Creative Team of Every Little Step – The 2006 Chorus Line Documentary
Coachella Music Festival Empire Polo Field Indio, California Tab the Band, Mimicking Birds and Modest Mouse at Terminal Five
March 2009
School of American Ballet Winter Ball Christopher Ong Madame Butterly Candle Launch Party
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
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
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
February 2009
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
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
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
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
January 2009
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
William S. Gooch Talks to Austin McCormick
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
Wendy R. Williams Theater Column Theater Reviews: Fuerzabruta Reviewed by Shawn Harris
