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Film critic @WSJ and @wsjfreeex columnist for @wsjopinion and theater critic for @NewCriterion.

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Wall Street Journal review of “The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of …

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"'Everywhere an Oink Oink' Review: Ticked Off in Tinsel Town

"'Everywhere an Oink Oink' Review: Ticked Off in Tinsel Town

review of "Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood"…

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Larry David Stood Up for Social Norms

Larry David Stood Up for Social Norms

Essay on Larry David and "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

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Heartbreak Was Everywhere at the Grammys

Heartbreak Was Everywhere at the Grammys

Essay on Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo and the romantic frustrations of female singer-songwriters.

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'Opposable Thumbs' Review: The Best of Enemies

'Opposable Thumbs' Review: The Best of Enemies

Review of "Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel and Ebert Changed Movies Forever" by Matt Singer

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Eminent Victorians: The Victorians reformed Britain to meet the demands of modernity.

Eminent Victorians: The Victorians reformed Britain to meet the demands of modernity.

Review of "High Minds: the Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain" by Simon Heffer

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‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ Review: Great Books, Mixed Movie

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Based on Azar Nafisi’s 2003 memoir, this inconsistent film follows a professor in post-revolution Iran who hosts gatherings for her female students to read the Western canon. Arash Marandi and Golshifteh Farahani. Greenwich Entertainment Recent events in Iran have placed a fascinating country under more scrutiny than usual, and “Reading Lolita in Tehran” provides a bracing sense of what it has been like to live in this deeply repressive culture since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Review: Zoey Deutch’s Tinseltown Tryst

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The star’s Kansas hairdresser heads to L.A. hoping to track down—and bed—Jon Hamm in this loose parody of ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ A scene from ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass.’ Sony Pictures Classics “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” is weird, wild, raunchy and demented. These are perhaps not exactly the traits you’d expect from a remake of “The Wizard of Oz.” Sort of.
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Mel Brooks at 100: A Century’s Worth of Laughs

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From ‘The Producers’ to ‘Blazing Saddles,’ the comedian’s greatest films remain as outrageous as they are hilarious. Mel Brooks in 2024. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images It’s good to be the king, but it’s not so bad to be the court jester either. Mel Brooks, who turned 100 on June 28, is continuing to serve the comedy realm as our senior funnyman, and his next film has already been shot: a sequel to “Spaceballs,” due next spring. The Schwartz is still with him.
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