A ‘Kid’ Yearns For Connection, However Fragile
Ginger-haired Cyril (first-time actor Thomas Doret, nailing every scene), the wiry preteen at the center of The Kid With a …
Revisiting John Updike’s ‘Fresh Air’ Interviews
These interviews were originally broadcast on March 17, 1988, March 16, 1989, and Oct. 14, 1997. You can listen to …
‘Pray For Japan’: Sorrow, Resilience, Rebuilding
Among the foreign-born residents of Japan who headed north to volunteer after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was Stu Levy, …
‘Jeff’: A Tempting Tale of Fate, Or Something Like It
Jeff believes in the guiding hand of destiny. He believes in following his bliss. He believes fate has a plan …
No ‘Justice’ In A Cage Match With Plausibility
Imagine you’re Nicolas Cage in Seeking Justice. Your wife has just been brutally assaulted and raped, and you’re sitting alone, …
A Public School Drama, With ‘Detachment’ At Its Core
Like most hot-button issues, the state of our schools makes dogmatists of us all. It’s the parents! It’s the teachers! …
‘Casa De Mi Padre’: A Loopy, Affectionate Spoof
Casa de mi Padre isn’t quite the kind of comedy Will Ferrell is known for making, yet it seems to …
’21 Jump Street’: One Remake That Isn’t A Crime
It was inevitable that one of Hollywood’s many recent reboots would eventually attain sentience. Hence the arrival of 21 Jump …
‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’: Publishing’s Sexiest Trend
Publishing has a new unlikely heroine: an unknown author named E L James who recently scored a seven-figure book deal …
Cross Your Fingers, Med Students: Match Day Is Here
For many fourth-year medical students, the future arrives, sealed in an envelope, during the third week of March. On what’s …
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