Columns
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Taiwanese Ad Featuring Fake Steve Jobs: Funny or Offensive?
A computer firm’s ad featuring an actor impersonating the late Apple co-founder was meant to be funny. But is it?
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Dan Bloom -
Chima Simone on ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’: Living Big in Cape Town
The housewives of Atlanta landed in Cape Town with a heavy thud. That was the sound of all of their luggage hitting the tarmac. Hauling mass amounts of suitcases, trunks, and carry-ons, the bag ladies were well on their way to constructing a Louis Vuitton village in the south of Africa. But, village, pillage, the…
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Review: Leonard Cohen Has Some New ‘Old Ideas’ — Hallelujah!
77-year-old poet laureate Leonard Cohen merits hosannas for his warmest and best album in 20 years
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Review: Lana Del Rey, the Anti-Adele, Gets Icy in ‘Born to Die’
Lana Del Rey’s coolly jaded album is neither as good as the “Video Games” single or as terrible as the controversial newcomer’s “SNL” appearance
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Makers of ‘Moneyball’ Took a Major-Market Approach
The producers of “Moneyball,” a tale of an over-achieving small-market baseball team, ironically took a Yankees-style approach with screenwriters Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian
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Ridley and Tony Scott Put Their Stamp on ‘The Grey’
As producers, the Scott brothers bring the thrills on “The Grey.” But it is the earnest, intense performance of Liam Neeson that makes the movie a must-see
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Wanted: The Next Great Man-on-the-Run Series
The genre was hugely popular from the ’60s through the ’90s, then faded nearly away. Here’s a project that could reignite the passion
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‘Spartacus’ Creator Defends the Show’s Sex Addiction — Both Straight and Gay
“If people want to stop watching the show because two guys kiss, well, I shrug my shoulders”
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Suzette Valle -
The Next Big Genre: ‘Cli-Fi’ — Climate Fiction, in Which ‘Mad Max’ Meets ‘The Road’
Forget missions to Mars and start thinking about mass migrations of ”climate refugees” north to Alaska.
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Dan Bloom -
Hope & Inspiration at Sundance, After the Pall Cast by the Death of Bingham Ray
I don’t remember anything else about the conversation, only that at some point Amy Taubin said, “There’s just so much death”
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Jeremy Walker -
Review: Miley, Adele, Adam Levine, and Dozens More Ring Dylan’s ‘Chimes of Freedom’
Evan Rachel Wood and Ke$ha are among the improbable interpreters who score in a 76-song Dylan tribute
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Review: Tim McGraw’s ‘Emotional Traffic’ Is Serious and Silly
The uneven album, once the center of legal battle between the singer and his label Curb Records, hints at greatness and settles for affability
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Review: Craig Finn’s ‘Clear Heart’ Holds Steady With Superior Songwriting
Craig Finn’s first album under his own name strips away the raucousness to reveal the haunted quality that’s always been there
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‘Committee Meetings’ Hold Key to Well-Developed Characters
Writers and directors breathe life into their creations, but to give them real depth, they must rely upon actors. And those voices in their heads
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The Night I Danced With the Shah of Iran
“My sons like to date Pan Am stewardesses,” he told me — to the music of the Bee Gees
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Carole Mallory