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Well, it’s been one Hell of a week.  As the prelude to the coming `fight’ many are foreseeing, we may first have to find our own individual strengths in confronting the ascendancy of Trump.  Personally, I found inspiration this week in the person of journeyman filmmaker Robert Moniot (pronouncd

Rochester, New York December 2, 1980, deep into The River Tour. It’s just minutes after The Boss has come offstage of the War Memorial Hall after a  typically lengthy and committed show. He stands amidst his E Street bandmates just outside the stage door. The sidewalk is peopled with

Let’s start with the fundamentals.  Tonight on Fox at 5 p.m. Pacific time brings Game 3 of the Dodger-Yankees World Series, with the Dodgers holding a surprising (to most) 2-0 lead. Even more than typical in this grand a setting, the game offers multiple converging narratives, some bearing

Well, actually, you can under certain conditions touch Anora, the central figure in almost every scene of the 139-minute Baker film that bringsus joyous farce as laced with societal critique. Just don’t break the rules and lay hands on her in the dimly-lit public confines of the Brighton Beach

I was just stuffing my knapsack under a linen-draped table of hors-d'oeuvres when John Belushi thumped me on the spine, not all that gently. It was a warm May evening in 1979, following the finale of the show's fourth season, and there was an open-air party

Okay, we all know this is where the slagging is meant to come in. Where the writer cites the grand success of the first "Joker" movie and proceeds to indict director Todd Phillips for catastrophically and self-indulgently, in league with his cast, screwing up the sequel.   So is