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Author: Ayun Halliday

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
FILM 

The Search for Tadzio

January 11, 2022January 13, 2022 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments

‘The Most Beautiful Boy In The World’ chronicles the casting of 1971’s ‘Death In Venice’

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Bergman Island
FILM 

What Happens on Bergman Island, Stays on Bergman Island

December 14, 2021December 15, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments AndersDanielsen Lie, Bergman Island, Ingmar Bergman, Mia Hansen-Løve, Mia Wasikowska, Tim Roth, Vicky Krieps

Love and art on a remote Baltic outpost

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Too Tough To Die
COMICS 

Old Punks Never Die

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Ayti Krali, Bird Cage Bottom Books, Chris L. Terry, Eva Müller, Fred Noland, Liz Prince, R Crumb, Robb Mirsky, Sophie Crumb, Too Tough To Die

They just squint while reading the small print in this great new comics anthology

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Our Country Friends
FICTION 

Escaped From New York

November 23, 2021November 22, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Anton Chekhov, Gary Shteyngart, Our Country Friends

Gary Shteyngart lampoons bougie pandemic habits in ‘Our Country Friends’

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DOCUMENTARY FILM 

So It Goes

November 17, 2021May 18, 2022 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment Breakfast Of Champions, Don Argott, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Weide, Slaughterhouse-Five, Unstuck In Time

Director Robert Weide leaves us wanting more Kurt Vonnegut in an amazing documentary

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TekServe
FICTION 

Discworld

November 11, 2021November 16, 2021 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment Apple+, LaserWriter II, Steve Buscemi, Tamara Shopsin, TekServe

Tamara Shopsin remembers a less digital NYC in a novel about a legendary independent Mac repair shop

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Big Hurt
CREATORS Writers 

‘The Big Hurt’

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Ayun Halliday, Erika Schickel, The Big Hurt

An audio encounter between Ayun Halliday and author Erika Schickel to discuss Schickel’s new memoir

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Jean Hanff Korelitz
CREATORS Writers 

Jean Hanff Korelitz Doesn’t Lose ‘The Plot’

September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments @booksteahenny, Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Plot

An audio interview with the master suspense writer

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Free Guy
FILM 

‘Free Guy,’ a Classic Comedy for Non-Player Characters

August 12, 2021August 7, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Free Guy, Joe Keery, Matt Lieberman, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy, Taika Waititi, Zak Penn

A video-game movie that non video-game people can love

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MOMA
COMICS FILM 

At home with MOMA

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments MOMA, MOMA Virtual Cinema

How to recreate the virtual art-cinema experience in your apartment, even after the pandemic ends

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After Happily Ever After
COMICS Theater 

After Happily Ever After

April 15, 2020April 18, 2020 Ayun Halliday 2 Comments After Happily Ever After, Coronavirus, COVID-19, fairy tales, Kaso Jogi

Fairy tales can’t come true, they can’t happen to you

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Summertime
FILM MUSIC Theater 

Wintertime, and the Livin’ is Easy

February 13, 2020February 19, 2020 Ayun Halliday 2 Comments Fathom Events, Porgy and Bess

At a “problematic” screening of Porgy and Bess

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The Turning Mackenzie Davis Finn Wolfhard
FILM 

‘The Turning’ Screws Its Audience

January 24, 2020 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Brooklynn Prince, Deborah Kerr, Finn Wolfhard, Floria Sigismondi, Little Women, Mackenzie Davis, The Florida Project, The Innocents, The Turning

A Very Bad Updating of a Classic Story

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COMICS 

Making Comics With Lynda Barry’s ‘Making Comics’

January 16, 2020 Ayun Halliday 1 Comment Lynda Barry, Making Comics

Our Comic-Maker Tries it Out

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FICTION 

‘The Captain and the Glory’

December 23, 2019December 18, 2019 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Dave Eggers, The Captain And The Glory

Dave Eggers’ Comic Trump Parable Hits its Mark, but Not Too Hard

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