Rarely, one comes to a novel from watching a movie based on it. Even more rarely does a very faithful movie – a superb film – lead to…
The year of the snake on the Chinese calendar has inspired HSBC to a slick advertising campaign with an arresting image: a brush-painted black snake. The constrictor’s long body…
Does Whitey Bulger have a secret passion unknown to his chroniclers and fabulists? Yes, and I know what it is. *** Saturday, I bought Whitey Bulger, the…
Like ‘Watergate’ and ‘Iran-Contra’, ‘Whitey Bulger’ stands for a group of interrelated crimes followed by less or more successful cover ups. ‘Truth will out’ we came to…
A census-taker in backwoods Kentucky, found hanged, naked, with ‘FED’ scrawled in black magic marker on his chest: most people remember hearing about it. No one I’ve asked…
‘The Harlem Shake’? Until this afternoon, I’d missed this current teen craze. Indulging my prurient interest and my reflexive desire to crticise the rising generation, I did…
You probably don’t have a lot in common with Whitey Bulger. You may wear a Red Sox cap. You may time your walks for early morning or twilight. …
The International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York has mounted ‘Roman Vishniac Rediscovered’ (through May 5). The title misleads. For the most part, Robin Cembalest reports on…
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