When I applied to Stuyvesant High School, as far as I can remember, it was all boys. The test was for all three New York City high schools that specialized in math and science (Stuyvesant, Bronx Science, and Brooklyn Tech). … Continue reading
Sometimes it takes artists a while to figure out what type of artists they are. Henry James would periodically attempt to be a playwright, but he had to settle for being a great novelist. George Bernard Shaw wanted to be … Continue reading
1) Klaus over at Ming Movie Reviews has reviewed The Other Side of the Wind, and also They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (a documentary about the making of The Other Side of the Wind). Very interesting to get insights … Continue reading
1) I stumbled onto this before the print edition of the New Yorker even arrived, and it nearly made me laugh out loud (“nearly” only because I was at work when I was reading it): “Partners,” by Veronica Geng. 2) … Continue reading
I wrote a while ago about works of art (specifically movies) that you can’t easily see. But they are the exception, of course. And it sometimes seems like everything that never came out before is all available now, or it’s … Continue reading
(Okay, I couldn’t think of a third thing beginning with “a” for the title.) 1) Toward the end of my mother’s life, when she was still living at home (she lived in her apartment until she was 96 years old), … Continue reading