How Not to Come Out
OCTOBER 30, 2017 Photo: Getty Other than Harvey Weinstein being a major perv, it was the worst kept secret in Hollywood, the suspicion that Kevin Spacey was gay. In…
Month: October 2017
Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck” — Missed It By That Much
OCTOBER 25, 2017 Boy, I wish I liked this film better than I do. Stories that are told decades apart from one another can sometimes work (spectacularly well, in…
GOP Sen. Jeff Flake Joins GOP Sen. Bob Corker in Retiring, Saying That They Can’t Work With Trump Anymore
OCTOBER 24, 2017 Photo: AP On what the Republican Party called GOP Unity Day, the result was anything but, as a second distinguished Republican Senator, Jeff Flake of Arizona,…
“Dear Evan Hansen” — One of the Most Emotional Experiences I Have Had in the Theatre
OCTOBER 23, 2017 Photo: The New York Times When I saw “Dear Evan Hansen” a week or so ago at New York’s Music Box Theater, I did something I’ve…
Now Playing In Your Living Room — Noah Baumbach’s Wonderful “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)”
OCTOBER 19, 2017 I never thought that I would write this sentence, but Adam Sander gives one of the year’s very best performances in Noah Baumbach’s latest film “The…
Ten Best Actresses That You Should Put on Your Oscar Radar
OCTOBER 18, 2017 For years, it has been traditional that the hottest race for the Academy Awards is for Best Actor. This year? Forget it. All of the action…
“The Florida Project” Focuses on American Families Whose Stories Are Simply Never Dramatized by Hollywood
OCTOBER 17, 2017 This is a tough one. I saw this film at a screening in Palm Springs, and in an audience of supposed cineastes, I saw people walking…
Late to the Party But I’m Glad I Came — Bette Midler in “Hello, Dolly!”
OCTOBER 16, 2017 Photo: The New York Times Among my New York friends, the big question this spring was “Have you seen Bette?” Understandable given the frenzy that accompanied…
Ten Best Actors That You Should Put on Your Oscar Radar
OCTOBER 4, 2017 Usually it’s the Best Actor category that has been the most contested at the Oscars. But this year, as has been the case over the past…
“Victoria & Abdul” — Judi Dench is a Hoot, but Otherwise There’s Little Drama in This Drama
OCTOBER 3, 2017 “Victoria & Abdul” would seem to have everything going for it. It’s very “Masterpiece Theatre” -like with an extra dollop of humor thrown in, and we…
