No, this is not a Lord of the Rings spinoff about one of the hobbits. I’m talking about Pippin, the beloved(-ish?) musical by Stephen Schwartz where a young prince has an identity crisis and looks for meaning in his life. The music is great, but Pippin himself isn’t exactly a memorable character. Basically, if Pippin [...]

Landon Liboiron looks familiar, doesn’t he? Perhaps you recognize him from Degrassi: the Next Generation, or Fox’s short-lived sci-fi thriller Terra Nova, but this handsome young face will soon be all up in your Netflix as the star of the new Hemlock Grove, which debuts Friday, April 19. Based on the novel by Brian McGreevy, [...]

The Great Gatsby as told by Baz Luhrmann is a mixed bag, with 3D effects and overblown sets and probably acting adding who knows what to an already excellent story. Can you tell I’m not sold on this yet? Well, as we gleefully look forward to what will certainly be the movie event of the [...]

1984 was a good year for Harry Dean Stanton. Not only did he lead Wim Wenders existential romantic yearning masterpiece Paris, Texas, but he also starred as Bud in Alex Cox’s classic Repo Man alongside a young and spritely Emilio Estevez . And whereas Paris, Texas has been a Criterion Collection staple for some time now, Repo [...]

The Tribeca Film Festival begins tomorrow night and runs through next week, and along with all of the screenings of anticipated new films as well as old favorites, the festival will be honoring plenty of filmmakers with prizes. One such award is the newly created Nora Ephron Prize, which celebrates the legacy of the prolific [...]

I write about booze and nightlife all the time, but you’ll almost never see me making jokes about drunkenness and reckless behavior. There are several reasons for this, some of them selfish (I don’t want to turn off advertisers), some of them journalistic (I find most drunk jokes juvenile and unfunny), and some downright responsible [...]

Fact: the French don’t know how not to be cool. From Celine to Vanessa Bruno to Isabel Marant, Parisian labels continue to enchant global tastemakers, offering stars a foolproof way to landed on best-dressed lists the second they slip these chic creations on. One of said superior style purveyors is IRO, who just opened their [...]

In the beginning of the month, we posted the teaser for Vampire Weekend and Steve Buscemi’s upcoming collaboration. And if you had any reservations about the chemistry between our favorite bizarre and wonderful cult movie icon/director and the sonically-minded group of witty fellas, you can certainly allay those fears. On April 28th, Vampire Weekend will [...]

Ta-ta, Tahiti. Bite me, Bora Bora. See ya later, Santorini. The best island in the world is Boracay in the Philippines. There’s no point in arguing this fact. The well-traveled editors of Travel Leisure magazine officially named Boracay the bomb last year, so you need to get there as fast as you can. And once [...]

Bands from Australia: your iTunes library is full of them. Ditto New Zealand. What about Tasmania, though? Aha—then may I introduce Lyke Giants, a moody indie rock band hailing from that apparently devil-infested island. Fires Thieving Time is their album, produced by Sylvia Massy, who has previously done the honors for Tool and Red Hot Chili [...]