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'Infinity War' caps a decade of success for Marvel Studios

Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 10:31 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige talks about his job like a fan who's just lucky to be there. To hear his genuine enthusiasm about the movies, the actors, the audience and the stories almost...

Vincent Piazza reflects on his time on 'Boardwalk'

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 21:58 Last update: about 11 years ago

Vincent Piazza is pondering his next move. His critically acclaimed series, "Boardwalk Empire," created by Terence Winter and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, is in its fifth and final...

'Two Faces' builds tension, has nice cast

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 21:55 Last update: about 11 years ago

Who can say no to a good Patricia Highsmith adaptation? Though her 1964 suspense thriller "The Two Faces of January" is not the easiest story to bring to the screen. Still, the production, shot in...

Scorsese's latest is documentary on magazine

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 21:48 Last update: about 11 years ago

  As the New York Review of Books approached its 50th anniversary in 2013, editor Robert Silvers and his staff wondered if words were enough to honor one of the world's signature literary...

Colorado approves $5M incentive for Tarantino film

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 21:17 Last update: about 11 years ago

Colorado on Friday approved a $5 million incentive package to lure production of the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film "The Hateful Eight." The Oscar-winning screenwriter's movie could...

'Do Fathers Matter?' says something new

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:41 Last update: about 11 years ago

From the tiniest microbe or fragment of DNA to the origins of the universe, it sometimes feels as if every subject generates a vast tide of scientific studies and that virtually nothing escapes...

Brilliant new biography of Tennessee Williams

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:36 Last update: about 11 years ago

When "The Glass Menagerie" opened on Broadway in March 1945, the actress cast as Southern matriarch Amanda Wingfield got so drunk before the show that a bucket was placed in the wings so she could...

Book of NY 'objects' sure to spark debate

Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

This is a book destined for coffee tables in Tribeca lofts, Upper West Side apartments and Brooklyn townhouses. With stoops. Stoop is object No. 40, in fact, in this book that needs no...

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