The kids are not alright. The short film IRL makes this clear in just 17 minutes. DirectorGrant Singer, an up-and-coming music video director (Sky Ferreira, The Soft Moon), and writer Patrik Sandberg, who moonlights as an editor at V magazine, have created a stark-but-stylized portrait of their life in NYC, starring indie ingénue Sky Ferreira as a lost girl […]
WHAT TO DO It’s impossible to keep a city like New Orleans down. Long known for its raucous, free-spirited mélange of cultures, cuisines and musical genres, as well as half a dozen truly inspired annual excuses to party, including of course, Mardi Gras (February) and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, or Jazz Fest […]
WHAT TO DO Shanghai is a city of contrasts, which makes it a particularly tantalizing locale to explore. In recent years, an explosion of luxury hotels, upscale shops, and vibrant nightlife has given the city an international glamor that is quickly making it one of the premier destinations in Asia. At the same time, pockets […]
Mark Twain once summed up the Northeast’s three major metropolises as such: “In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?” Times may have changed since Twain’s day, but Boston maintains an intellectual air thanks to its assortment of premier universities […]
It’s the best of times and the worst of times—for in-flight airline meals. The trend in coach seats on domestic flights has been to cut costs by either selling lackluster pre-packaged meals, or doing away with dining options altogether. Meanwhile, at the front of the plane in first and business classes, particularly on international flights, […]
Many travelers plan their airport time like a highly coordinated commando mission—get in and get out as quickly as possible. But more and more cities have stepped up their game in an attempt to transform their airports into cosmopolitan gateways that offer visitors a taste of the treats offered in their ports of call. So […]
It seems like the perfect reciprocal relationship – pay your college tuition using a points-earning credit card and rack up big rewards that could equal a plane ticket for fun in the sun come spring break. But the reality is not quite that simple. Weigh these considerations before plunking down that plastic come back to […]
Although Shanghai is known for its pork soup dumplings, dumplings with a multitude of fillings turn up at breakfast, as appetizers at multi-course family-style meals, and as popular to-go snacks. For this dumpling windfall, we’ve got the where and how for sampling this local staple while visiting Shanghai. Stuffed with pork filling in a savory […]
Aurélia Thierrée likes to say that her mother gave life to everything in “Aurélia’s Oratorio,” including Aurélia herself, which bodes well for audiences at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California, where the show is currently being staged. Thierrée’s mother, Victoria Thierrée Chaplin — renowned theatrical innovator and daughter of cinematic icon Charlie Chaplin — knows her way around […]
Up in the Air is the little film that almost could. Well, yes, truthfully, it’s not such a little film. It may exude the jaded cool of indie cinema, but it’s certainly a big film by independent standards, helmed as it was by “IT” indie director Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You for Smoking) and starring America’s one […]
