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Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Mrs. Maisel Isn’t a Shiksa

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Mia McCullough 1 Comment Ashkenazi, Felicity Jones, Jewish, Jews, Lee Israel, Melissa McCarthy, Mrs. Maisel, Rachel Brosnahan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Why Do Non-Jewish Actresses Get All The Best Jewish Roles?

TELEVISION

‘True Detective’ Season 3: Alright Alright Alright

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments Mahershala Ali, Matthew McConaughey, Stephen Dorff, True Detective

Time is a Mall Pretzel

FILM

A Decent ‘Upside’

January 11, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, Nicole Kidman, The Intouchables, The Upside

Genuine Sentiment Saves What Could Have Been A Racist Shitshow

CREATORS FICTION TELEVISION Writers

The Wackadoodle Literary Satire Of ‘You’

January 11, 2019January 12, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Caroline Kepnes, David Mitchell, Friends From College, Jonathan Franzen, Lifetime, Paula Fox, Search Party, The Affari, You, Zadie Smith

Tales Of A Bookish Psychopath

FICTION Poetry

Just Another Day at the Orifice

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Clara Lou 0 Comments Diana Hamilton, Shiv Kotecha, The Switch

In Shiv Kotecha’s ‘The Switch’, Boundaries Don’t Matter

DOCUMENTARY FILM MUSIC Netflix TELEVISION

Netflix Has a New Boss

January 10, 2019January 13, 2019 Ross Warner 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen on Broadway

Even For a Superfan, the Springsteen Streaming Special Offers Brilliant Surprises

NON-FICTION Sports

The Babe’s Best Month

January 10, 2019 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments Babe Ruth, Jane Leavy, The Big Fella

New Biography Chronicles Ruth in October 1927, Before His Fall

Actors CREATORS Gaming YouTube

Jack Black, YouTube Gamer

January 9, 2019January 13, 2019 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments Jablinksi, Jack Black, YouTube

If You Like Jack Black, This is a Thing With a Lot of Jack Black in it

FICTION Young Adult

What’s Eating Those Small-Town Teens?

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Claire Legrand, Sawkill Girls

In ‘Sawkill Girls’, Terror is Hungry

CREATORS NON-FICTION Writers

Making the Case Against Cannabis

January 9, 2019January 8, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Alex Berenson, cannabis, marijuana, tell your children

The BFG Interview With Alex Berenson, Author Of ‘Tell Your Children’

CREATORS Music Uncategorized Writers

The New York Times Sends an Assassin to Kill Leonard Cohen

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Don McLeese 8 Comments Leonard Cohen, New York Times Book Review, William Logan

Paper of Record Knocks Beloved Bard Down a Peg

FICTION

Sister Acts

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 0 Comments Callbacks, Frail Sister, Karen Green, Meg Whiteford

Two Strange Fictions About Fringe Entertainers in the 20th Century

FILM Netflix

The Fat-Girl Pride of ‘Dumplin’

January 8, 2019January 7, 2019 Kristin Clifford 0 Comments Danielle McDonald, Dolly Parton, Dumplin', Hillary Begley, Jennifer Aniston, Maddie Baillio

At Last, a Movie That Truly Understands the Struggles (and Joys) of Being Plus-Sized

CREATORS FICTION FILM Netflix Writers

Getting Creepy With Josh Malerman

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Andrew Michael Hurley, Atticus Ross, Bird Box, Josh Malerman, Sandra Bullock, Tanith Lee, Trent Reznor, Trevonte Rhodes, Unbury Carol

The BFG Interview With the Author Of Bird Box

FILM

Like Watching Paint Dry

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Julian Schnabel, Oscar Issac, Paul Gauguin, Van Gogh, Willem Dafoe

The Van Gogh Movie That Will Make You Hate Art