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8220;One day I will tell you the story of my life,' the author's mother told her, “and you will be amazed.' As this memoir recounts, Brockes grew up knowing suspiciously little about her mother's upbringing in South Africa, and about why she . . . (Subscription required.) ... Quick Read |
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The satisfying conclusion to Gardam's “Old Filth' trilogy opens with the deaths of the rivals who dominated the previous novels—Sir Edward Feathers and Sir Terence Veneering. The narrative then alternates between the story of Veneering's impoverished upbringing in interwar England and the . . . (Subscription required.) ... Quick Read |
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On the surface, this début novel chronicles a writer's formative years, centering on his two closest relationships: with Julian, his best friend and chief rival, and Evelyn, for whom he harbors an unrequited passion. But the book is mercurial—the charmingly unreliable narrator builds a . . . (Subscription required.) ... Quick Read |
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The Battle of Bunker Hill, bloodier than any in the eight years of war that followed, serves as a prism through which Philbrick examines the tenacity of the Boston patriots who were determined to maintain autonomy from the British Empire. Philbrick focusses on Joseph Warren, a doctor who was president . . . (Subscription required.) ... Quick Read |
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When we last saw Celine and Jesse, at the end of “Before Sunset' (2004)—the second film in Richard Linklater's trilogy about a French-American romantic alliance—they were in Celine's Paris apartment, and Celine (Julie Delpy) was softly swaying to Nina . . . (Subscription required.) ... Quick Read |
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Reviewed this week in The Current Cinema. Opening May 24. (In limited release.)
DOIN' IT IN THE PARK
A documentary about New York street basketball, directed by Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau. Opening May 22. (In limited release.)
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You'd think that, at this point in his career, it would be easy to characterize the actor Larry Pine, but I wouldn't risk it. In terms of being adventurous and willing to try anything, the sixty-eight-year-old Arizona-born performer has guys half his . . . (Subscription required.) ... Quick Read |
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People can't seem to let go of the Divine Comedy. You'd think that a fourteenth-century allegorical poem on sin and redemption, written in a medieval Italian vernacular and in accord with the Scholastic theology of that period, would have been turned over, long ago, to . . . ... Quick Read |
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paragraph class="noindent">A lot of new restaurants are like freshmen: they try too hard. Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone, the men behind the super-deli Torrisi Italian Specialties, spent a year touring the five boroughs' classic red-sauce restaurants to round up the ingredients of a high-toned . . . ... Quick Read |
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The historical and mythic themes of Anselm Kiefer's epic canvases aren't as compelling as they once were, when he made a redemptive difference in the world by disentangling Germanic culture from the sinister pathos and catastrophic effects of the Third Reich. Since then, his titanic spins . . . ... Quick Read |
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