First Man, Politics, and Art
Damian Chazelle’s new movie about Neil Armstrong, First Man, has drawn the ire of Armond White in the National Review. …
Category Archives: Reviews: Books, Theater, Film
Dances With Bulls (“Woman Walks Ahead”)
In Woman Walks Ahead, Catherine Weldon, a thirtysomething painter from New York, travels to the Dakota territory to meet the …
Au Jus League: Culinary Comix
Batman and Wonder Woman unite to save the world from a deadly threat: the villainous Schmeckenwolf and his plan to …
Jez Butterworth’s Next Play
Yes, I’ve got the inside scoop on the next project from Butterworth, author of the mega-hits Jerusalem and The Ferryman! Lutèce, …
“The Anxiety of Influence” on the London Stage
A few weeks ago, I was in London for theatre and food. While the nosh was delicious, it’s the stage …
Shelter From the Storm: Conor McPherson’s “Girl From the North Country”
Girl From the North Country Written and Directed by Conor McPherson Music and Lyrics by Bob Dylan The Old Vic, …
Girl From the North Country: Musical Prognostication
By my count, Bob Dylan has written or co-written 657 songs. So what are my chances of predicting which songs …
Georgette’s Gentlemen, or Heyer’s Heroes
Georgette Heyer’s Georgian and Regency novels have long been marketed as “women’s romance fiction,” which means that men are unlikely …
Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen
Many readers of Georgette Heyer remark that her works are “the next best thing to reading Jane Austen.” There are …
Beautiful Men in Screwball Comedies
Screwball comedy, a genre invented during the Depression, often features a madcap woman (think Claudette Colbert, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck) embroiling …
