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Category Archives: Actors
R.I.P., James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini, Jeff Daniels, “God of Carnage”, Broadway, 2009 Shockingly sad. I wrote a tribute to James Gandolfini for Capital New York. Too soon, dammit, too soon.
The Melancholy Hero: On the Acting of Owen Wilson
I’ve been wanting to write about him for a while! I love him. Been following his career from the start. I love The Royal Tenanbaums, Darjeeling Limited, and I also love The Wedding Crashers, Marley & Me, and Starsky & … Continue reading
The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Beckett’, by Jane Kramer
Next up on the essays shelf: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town (Modern Library Paperbacks) is a collection of “The Talk of the Town” pieces in The New Yorker, grouped by decade, which is a … Continue reading
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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Nichols, May, and Horses’, by John McCarten
Next up on the essays shelf: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town (Modern Library Paperbacks) is a collection of “The Talk of the Town” pieces in The New Yorker, grouped by decade, which is a … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Bob Hope
That clip is sheer liquid joy. Go check out my friend Trav SD’s post: Trav S.D.’s One Stop Mini-Guide to the Hope and Crosby Road Pictures
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Chicago Sings Kander and Ebb
My friend Meghan Murphy singing “All That Jazz” at a recent Chicago concert series. My favorite part, I think, is when she holds the “z”. To quote my friends: That is bullshit, and by bullshit we mean AWESOME. Proud of … Continue reading
In Honor of the Bard: Walter Huston’s Extraordinary 1937 Essay on Playing Othello
Walter Huston as Othello, 1937 It’s Shakespeare’s birthday today. And so: Walter Huston played Othello in New York in 1937. It was not, to put it mildly, a success. The following essay, written by Huston, appeared in Stage Magazine in … Continue reading
Jef Costello in Le Samourai: What You See Is What You Get, But What Is That Exactly?
Let’s talk about Jef Costello, the lead character in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samourai, played by Alain Delon. Let’s talk about what we know, which is just the information we get from the screen. (That’s pretty much all we get, anyway: … Continue reading