An excellent pro-Obama argument by author Michael Chabon (Gentlemen of the Road, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh), based on the idea of saying “no” to fear or what he calls “the phobocracy.”
“Life Is Wasted On…People”Remember mumblecore? I’m kidding — of course we remember. But there’s an entire generation out there (Zoomers) that has never...
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Once More With “Johnny Concho”[Initially posted on 7.16.15] This may not pass muster with traditional Western devotees (i.e, readers of Cowboys & Indians) but...
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Gentle Parenting FableLast night Hollywood Elsewhere sat down with Marc Turtletaub‘s Jules (Bleecker Street), a quiet little fable about a vaguely flaky,...
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Irving Pichel’s “Miracle of the Car Window”Three or four weeks ago the driver’s side window in my VW Passat gave up the ghost. It went down...
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Curious Silence From Team WoodyJordan Ruimy is reporting today what most of us have been presuming all along. One, widespread Stalinist obstinacy about Woody...
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Infuriating “Pot au Feu” StasisI’ve been moaning and groaning for weeks about the seemingly unfortunate fate of Tran Anh Hung’s The Pot au Feu,...
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