Interview

The Tribeca film festival took on Doha last weekend. Robert De Niro hosted, and then disappeared into the Arabian night.  BLOG POSTED: 11/05/09

The Qatari incarnation of the Tribeca Film Festival begins today in Doha complete with fireworks, a red carpet, and a cinema-loving, "financially unchallenged" audience.  BLOG POSTED: 10/29/09

Shoe designer Deborah Lyons of Mechante of London takes inspiration from James Bond, her luxiurious, cross-continental youth.  BLOG POSTED: 10/29/09

Dead Leaves is actually the title of a great old album by Versus, which I've been listening to a lot lately. In addition, I've been sweeping up lots of dead leaves in my garden and watching a lot of dead leaves fall to the ground all over New York City.  BLOG POSTED: 10/15/09

He might look like he lives to ride, but architect Peter Marino’s life is a fashion-forward operation filled with yachts for Valentino, towers for Chanel, and a host of other muscular projects.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 09/08/09

The Hurt Locker is doing its best to defy the curse of the Iraq War Movie. Star Jeremy Renner on filming in Jordan, his past as Jeffrey Dahmer, and possible future as Kurt Cobain.  BLOG POSTED: 08/04/09

Not in years has couture, craft, and luxury been so much the center of the world's attention. Take it from the established (Chanel), and the up-and-coming (Alexis Mabille).  BLOG POSTED: 07/06/09

Philip Taaffe makes art the old-fashioned way: with paint. And his paintings are as complex and alive as they are beautiful. In an age of market-driven, hog-wild modernism, that ain’t easy.  ARTICLE PUBLISHED: 06/08/09