Despite various sins against criticism, and the fact that I am sometimes moved to pity by the wailing and gnashing of teeth of my younger confreres, I've never felt moved…
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I was able to see A Dangerous Method last night, and was very taken with it. It's the latest film directed by David Cronenberg, a favorite of mine, and it…
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Various and sundry have asked for my reaction to a flailingly querulous I-hate-to-call-it-an-essay at a website called The New Inquiry. Said, no-I-won't-call-it-an-essay because it's more a...prose thing, yes, said prose-thing,…
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Mahalia Jackson, Imitation of Life, Douglas Sirk, 1959 I've said my piece about The Help, and I'm satisfied with it, and feel no little need to revisit my case in…
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A friend and colleague sends an e-mail this morning with the heading "Kiiiiillllllllll Meeeeeeeeeee," and below it a link to this. I must credit Manohla Dargis for taking the existence…
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I don't want to spend a lot of time kicking and screaming over Dan Kois' May 1 New York Times Magazine "Riff" entitled "Reaching for Culture That Remains Stubbornly Above…
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