Filmmaker Ethan Coen has left his big brother behind and written three short plays all by himself. Called Almost an Evening, the triptych will be produced by the Atlantic Theater Company with a terrific cast that includes Elizabeth Marvel, who was riveting in Ivo van Hove’s unforgettable revival of Hedda Gabler, and Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham. The plays “unsuccessfully tackle important questions. In Waiting, someone waits somewhere for quite some time. In Four......

Start sharpening your spurs, gays and gals, because Jake Gyllenhaal is coming to Broadway! If director Mike Nichols has his way, you’ll soon have your chance to stalk the sensitive heartthrob as he flees through the stage door of Farragut North, a new play about presidential campaign hardball penned by a former Howard Dean staffer. According to today’s Post, Gyllenhaal (who made his stage debut in a Maggie Gyllenhaal-directed production of Cats in their parents’......

This week's new film releases are a lovely New York melting pot: ballroom dancing teens, Arab/Israeli anxieties, motor skills-challenged geeks, neurotic female friends, and a thoughtful Polish director thrown in for good measure. Spring may have sprung outside but it's also a great time to be inside at the movie. If you saw last year's documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, you're already familiar with dancing teacher Pierre Dulaine and his work with children around the country.......

As Jon Stewart takes to the stage this Sunday at 8 pm to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards, the movie-lovin' Gothamist will be watching with eager anticipation from our couch. The spectacle, the glamour, the bad musical numbers and cheesy memorial montages -- we love it all. In fact, Gothamist (ie. Jen Chung and movie correspondent Karen Wilson) will be live blogging the ceremony but in the meantime, here's a few predictions for the......

Gothamist was a bit underwhelmed by this year's Golden Globe nominees, and we were thinking of not liveblogging. But, gosh darn it as we watched the E! preshow and saw the starlets sparkle their way down the red carpet, we realize it was hopeless, so here we are. Let it be known that: - Keira Knightley looks gorgeous in her white Valentino - and there's something surprisingly youthful about the dress, even though there's that......

In the Post's latest "My Favorite Place," two of Gothamist's favorite actors, Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi, give their picks. McDormand mentions East Village cafe Podunk, which Gothamist visited and enjoyed very much. We'd also like to note that McDormand likes to conduct many interviews at the Fairway Cafe, above the supermarket. Buscemi's favorite place is Prospect Park, that jewel of a park in Brooklyn. We also know that Steve likes the Haagen-Dazs on......

Ah, slow summer days. We leave you with this image of Jack Nicholson, sweating like a hog while filming up the street from our work. (The movie sounds interesting, Jack has a young girlfriend but falls for her more age appropriate mom, played by Diane Keaton, who is being courted by Keanu Reeves. Frances McDormand plays Diane's sister. On the minus side, it's directed by Nancy "What Women Want" Meyers.) The weekend forecast from WNBC.......

I saw Laurel Canyon this weekend, and besides finding it a really good (it's been getting mixed reviews, but it really drew me in and involved me...it's richly atmospheric and has great acting...some things are a little clumsy, but overall, it worked), it has a fantastic soundtrack. The songs help you sink into the neo hippie lifestyle of Laurel Canyon and the Frances McDormand character, a free-living record producer. Songs for the band in the......

Seems like March is all Frances McDormand all the time. Profile by Joan Acocella in the New Yorker, profiles in the ">New York Times and L.A. Times this weekend, all doing these things: 1) Confirming Frances McDormand is very cool 2) Confirming F McD is a tough cookie 3) Talking about how she embraces middle age 4) Focus on her unconventional beauty 5) Acknowledging her upcoming him, Laurel Canyon Not that I mind, because......

My love for Owen Wilson continues with the opening of Shanghai Knights(check out the cool interactive kung fu) this weekend. It's directed by David Dobkin, not David Dorkin. Buy Shanghai Noon, but it's not critical to have seen Shanghai Noon in order to see Shanghai Knights; however, Noon is pretty damn funny. Read the lovefest of reviews for Knights by Elvis Mitchell, Charles Taylor, Jack Matthews and Roger Ebert. The latest film from Olivier Assayas......