In the following review, Combs discusses the major themes of The Color of Money—a sequel to the 1961 film The Hustler, written and directed by Robert Rossen—and lauds its frequent cinema...
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When John Turturro mined the subsoil of his Brooklyn childhood in order to write and direct Romance & Cigarettes, getting filthy apparently wasn’t a concern. The racy musical dressed in a...
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Alternative Energy: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says biofuels may do more harm than good and that supporters may have a hidden agenda. Should corn be in our gas tank a...
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Terry Collins sounds like the world's most dour pessimist.The Carnegie Mellon University chemistry professor paints a bleak picture of the Earth's future, a planet damaged by global warming and rav...
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Terry Collins sounds like the world's most dour pessimist.The chemistry professor paints a bleak picture of the Earth's future, a planet damaged by global warming and ravaged by toxins, with a popu...
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Terry Collins sounds like the world's most dour pessimist. The Carnegie Mellon University chemistry professor paints a bleak picture of the Earth's future, a planet damaged by global warming and ra...
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The eastern Upper East Side is probably the only neighborhood that beats the Flatiron district (think of all the jocky bars!) for attracting baseball stars.
And so, in a way, it’s not a surp...
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For decades here, there was little mention of the rich culture of the descendants of black slaves, many of whom lived as farmers and fisherfolk on the nearby sea islands.Euphemisms used by whites h...
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There goes the neighborhood!Fashion designer Nicole Miller and her computer-maven husband Kim Taipale recently put their Tribeca apartment on the market for $4.25 million.
The three-bedroom, three...
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Critical Review by Richard Combs
The Singing Director
