Recent Articles
-
Old-School Meets New-School in ‘Skyfall’
We all know the basic blueprint: British Secret Service super-agent James Bond, armed with devilish good looks, an immaculately pressed suit and humor as dry as his martinis, must save Queen and country from the...
-
In Bustling Berlin, Its Vampires, Revisited
Think New York City is the city that never sleeps? — forgeddaboutit.
Berlin is the Kaiser – the king – of nightlife.
Looking for a jazz bar playing nothing but Sinatra’s biggest hits? Try...
-
‘Rolling Stones: 50’ – A Visual Tribute to Five Decades of Rock
“I give The Stones about another two years.” Mick Jagger deserves credit for a lot of things, but prescience is not one of them, as evidenced by this declaration made in 1963, the year after the ensemble’s debut... -
‘Picasso: Black and White’ and All the Shades of Gray
Ambitious, brilliant, challenging, daring, enlivening, formidable — you could go through all the letters of the alphabet and not exhaust the number of adjectives for his genius. His style and subject matter...
-
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Shows the Right Moves
Everyone has one of those days when nothing seems to go right, calamity looms large or you just can’t seem to get Stevie Wonder’s voice out of your head. To those who have difficulty being optimistic when things...
-
Artist of the Week 12/12-12/18: Patty Grazini and the Life of the Giantess
Once upon a time, in a remote Russian village, there lived a girl named Elizabeth Lyska. She was an ordinary girl in almost every way, except one: she was extraordinarily tall. Not just of slightly above-average...
-
‘Anna Karenina’ Is Full Of Beauty, But Yearns For Something More
The challenge of bringing one of the all-time great romances to the screen once again is finding some way to make it a completely unique entity unto itself. With a few dashes of old world sensibilities and a whisper...
-
‘Holy Motors’: Léos Carax Takes Us on a Wild Ride through Paris
Watching Holy Motors, French director Léos Carax’s (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, POLA X) first film in 13 years, we continually have to remind ourselves that the movie in front of us is the same as the one from 20...
-
Columbus Discovers…NYC Real Estate?
Who’d think that some 500-plus years after his monumental discovery of the Americas, explorer Christopher Columbus could add “New York City penthouse owner” to his long list of accomplishments? And in arguably one... -
Energy in the Air: An Interview with AeroShot Creator David Edwards
If we were to imagine the food of the future, it would probably look something like the creations of Harvard professor David Edwards. What if instead of getting your morning caffeine fix by downing a cup of joe, you...
Follow GALO!
Follow GALO