We know we're supposed to read the New York Observer for the insider media gossip and Gabe Sherman's copious coverage of the New York Times. But, as New Yorkers who love our social lives almost as much as our jobs, we can't help but let our eyes wonder into the Transom section for the socialite gossip and then over Suzy Hansen for the latest gossip on Brooklyn.

Today, however, we were a bit surprised. Not only was the paper' cover story about movie stars, but both Choire Sicha and Hansen had movie reviews. (Yes, we realize coverage of The Devil Wears Prada focused on the premiere party, but still.)

The Observer on The Devil Wears Prada:

The film, jaw-droppingly good and very satisfying and somehow containing Meryl Streep at her unbelievable best, describes New York as a horrible, horrible place of people who never say goodbye on the phone, who do not give a shit about each other, who cannot live without car services, and who live secure in the belief, as the film’s not–Anna Wintour puts it, that “Everybody wants this. Everybody wants to be us.”

The Observer on The Break-Up:

The Break-Up is instead about a relationship as a superficial arrangement; the actors are reduced to their conventional relationship wants and needs, not their romantic ones. In The Break-Up, the terms are, or have become, practical, not passionate. The film portrays modern cohabitation: Xbox headsets, convenient live-in situations, real estate, e-mail break-ins, e-mail, text-messaging, work-life balance.

Which is fine. Surprising, but … fine. The only thing we wonder is, when Robert De Niro comes, will they only be allowed to cover movies that star Chloe Sevigny and Jason Schwartzman?

The Devil Wears Prada Premiere [Choire Sicha, New York Observer]
Defending Break-Up [Suzy Hansen, New York Observer]