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My son is gentle and loving. I am proud of him. But music class at the local library, playdates, playgrounds, parks, and pretend—they still make me want to do almost anything else.
Girl Land N omadland dares you to watch it. Even pressing the Play button on Hulu is a test of strength; do you have the stones to watch this plotless, dreary semi-documentary about elderly people forced to live in vans—and, yes, perform unspeakable bodily functions within them—and search for seasonal work? Or are you going to be a little baby and watch The Bourne Identity for the kabillionth time? The much-reviled four-quadrant theory of moviemaking holds that a blockbuster appeals to all four sectors of the audience: young men, young women, somewhat older men, and somewhat older women....
This past week we saw the 93rd Academy Awards give the Best Actress Award to Frances McDormand, again, for the 3rd time in her career. This is just one behind the record holder, Katherine Hepburn, who has 4 Oscars. But are these two the greatest of all time? Well before you read my list below, let me explain how I judged it. First, it is NOT by how many awards they won. So chill out, Kate Hepburn and Frances McDormand did NOT make my Top 10 but they did make the Top 20. If it was just Oscars, they would be 1 and 2. Instead, I judged these leading ladies by how consistently compelling they are...
Paula McLain Wrote a Thriller â and This Time, Itâs Personal The author of âThe Paris Wifeâ made a name for herself exploring the lives of real women. In her first suspense novel, âWhen the Stars Go Dark,â she faces her own demons. âItâs more intimate and tells the truth more than my memoir,â Paula McLain said of her new novel, âWhen the Stars Go Dark.âCredit...Amber Ford for The New York Times By Elisabeth Egan April 3, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET If you talk to enough writers, youâll notice a theme of books and words as saviors. Youâll...
Time Machine Books: The Story of Our Past In February, I was browsing the shelves of our local secondhand bookstore, looking for birthday gifts for two grandchildren, when I came across Hermann Hagedorn’s “The Book of Courage.” This 90-year-old collection of biographies for young people salutes luminaries as diverse as Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, David Livingstone, Mahatma Gandhi, and Queen Elizabeth I. Here, too, are figures our culture has canceled or derided in the past decade, men such as Andrew Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln. The years and the fingers of earlier genera...