It’s hard to come up with a single adjective to sum up Mark Ryan; he’s an actor, yes, but also a sword master, director, singer, writer, and fight choreographer. He does archery, horseback riding, and was in the...

In the 21st century’s instantaneous world of social networks, fads can come and go within a single afternoon. The same applies to celebrity; no matter what your claim to fame, no one is...

When told that I would be seeing an exhibition of portraits, I suppressed a sigh, reminded of the dusty old art history textbook that rests forgotten in my closet. To me, the word “portraits” brings to mind an...

Director Jerry Rothwell’s beautifully made 86-minute documentary, Town of Runners, featured in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, instantly grabs the attention of viewers with its quiet message of hope in...

Every spring, since 2003, the Tribeca Film Festival has brought fresh, international narrative films and documentaries to its audience of mainly hip, college-educated viewers. Established by actors Robert De Niro and...

New York in the 1950s was quite a different city from what it is today. Women wore hats and gloves. Movies cost 50 cents. Judy Garland’s name lit up marquee signs that today have been...

By the time February rolls around, the bright-eyed longing for a winter wonderland has faded with the tangled string of Christmas lights, now stuffed away in a closet.

Everyone has odd connections that form within the brain’s synapses. Perhaps smelling a certain shampoo suddenly brings you back to summer days spent at the pool as a kid. Or maybe...