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Apple TV: “Your Friends and Neighbors” starring Jon Hamm
“The rich are different from you and me,” wrote F.
Jun 10
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Theatre: “New Born” @ Minetta Lane Theatre
Ella Hixson’s “New Born” (Minetta Lane Theatre) is not just one play but a suite of three, and fortunately for us, we are spoiled for choice.
Jun 8
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Books: “Operation Heartbreak” by Duff Cooper (1950)
Willie Maryston, the protagonist of Duff Cooper’s novel “Operation Heartbreak” (1950), can’t seem to catch a break.
Jun 6
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Theatre: “Romeo and Juliet @ Shakespeare in the Park
How do we love “Romeo and Juliet?” Let us count the ways.
Jun 5
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HBO Max: “DTF St. Louis” starring Jason Bateman.
“Nobody’s normal.
Jun 5
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Books: “The Things We Never Say” by Elizabeth Strout
Artie Dam, the protagonist of Elizabeth Strout’s novel “The Things We Never Say” is a salt-of-the-earth kind of guy.
Jun 2
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Film: “Sentimental Value” directed by Joachim Trier
You’ve never seen family dysfunction portrayed so attractively as in “Sentimental Value,” a film written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Joachim…
May 30
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Books: “Mother Mary Comes to Me” by Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy’s touching, funny memoir “Mother Mary Comes to Me” is about a daughter seeking her mother’s approval, never getting it and succeeding…
May 30
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Books: “Breakfast of Champions” by Kurt Vonnegut
Back in the 1980s, I used to see the late Kurt Vonnegut walking around Midtown Manhattan dressed very nattily.
May 29
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Theater: “1536” at the Ambassador Theatre, in the West End
LONDON - The Brits are pretty stingy with their air conditioning, and you have to practically beg for ice with your beverage.
May 29
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Film: “Blue Film” at IFC
As Elliot Tuttle’s indie “Blue Film“ opens, we meet Aaron Eagle (Kieron Moore), a 20-something camboy.
May 13
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Books: “Effingers” by Gabriele Effinger
If you took “Buddenbrooks,” combined it with “The Forsyth Saga” and added the wit and wisdom of “Leopoldstadt,” you’d have “Effingers,” a late 1940s…
May 12
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