Archive for January, 2015

Your Weekend: A Selective Guide

Movies: “Black and White,” with Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer, has gotten some nice reviews…You’ve seen … Read more »

Anti-Putin Protest Greets Met Premiere

At last! Some genuine excitement on a Met stage! Thursday night, a protester carrying a sign … Read more »

“Month In The Country”: My FT Review

The Financial Times has published my review of an off-Broadway revival of Turgenev’s “A Month in … Read more »

Super Bowl: It’s The Ads, Stoopid!

I don’t care about Katy Perry and Lenny Kravitz, and, apart from the faux-debates over “American … Read more »

New “Avengers” Trailer

“Gigi” Opens In D.C.: Review

Not my review, kids: I’ll wait to see the show, starring Vanessa Hudgens, until it opens … Read more »

20 Best Dessert Recipes

There are a lot of superlatives being thrown around the Internet these days. It’s hard to … Read more »