Albert Maysles

If you're still living at home with Mom, a trip to "Grey Gardens" might just get you packing. This deliciously quirky Broadway musical, now in its regional premiere at Northlight Theatre, is about the famously eccentric relatives of Jackie Kennedy, who,...

As "Shine a Light" opens, it looks as if it will be an epic battle of wills -- the chaos of a Rolling Stones concert against the precision of director Martin Scorsese, the irresistible force of rock and roll against the unmovable object of filmmaking....

Six years into its existence, the Tribeca Film Festival has gone from being a vehicle for a neighborhood's psychic and economic recovery from 9/11 to an irradiated spring fling so vast in scope that it's spread out far enough from lower Manhattan to...

HBO has lined up a pair of big names for its movie adaptation of the 1970s documentary "Grey Gardens." Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange have been tapped to star in the film, about the eccentric aunt and cousin of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy...

Signaling a possible breakthrough for a new generation of composers whose bona fides are not in theater but in rock, "Spring Awakening," a musical hailed for bringing a fresh and authentic rock edge to a 19th century German tale about teenagers' sexual...

If there's any doubt that we're living in a golden age of creative nonfiction, the nominations for this year's Tonys, which will be awarded Sunday night, should squelch it. Have there ever been more actors nominated for playing real-life characters?...

The term "Gypsy," often used pejoratively, conjures images of wastrels, vagabonds, fortunetellers and thieves, not to mention a distant memory of Cher (the Sonny & version) belting out, "I was born in the wagon of a traveling show ... " The label has...

It's the holiday season and time for film, TV and music distributors to pump out those box sets, many of which are just repackaging of already released stuff - the industry's equivalent of re-gifting. But there are also some real keepers in the mix, such...

Jerry Torre graduated from Sachem High School in 1974 and found a summer job as a gardener at an East Hampton mansion. The owner, a member of the New York Stock Exchange, set up Torre in a room above the garage and put him to work. One afternoon, the...

"Stolen" is about a puzzle that's resisted solution for more than 15 years, but that doesn't stop it from being a fascinating, adventurous documentary with a lively and eccentric cast of characters. The puzzle comes in two interconnected parts: Who...

Yes, it does seem like the beginning of a whole new world when you see The Beatles' landmark "Ed Sullivan Show" appearances in the context of the live 1964 CBS-TV hour during which the mop-topped four made their big American splash. DVD finally makes...

Friday October 25, 1996      In addition to everything else he was and stood for, Muhammad Ali in his prime was a potent, prodigious talker with a genius for the playful and the poetic. More charismatic than most actors, his presence alone makes "When We...