Tag Archives: New York Times

Luke Ford Modern Love

I got a message this morning from Amy Klein, formerly of the Jewish Journal, that she has an essay on me in the New York Times’ Modern Love section. Here: “Why don’t we write a story about Luke Ford?” my … Continue reading

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Elegy: New Movie Based On Philip Roth Novel ‘The Dying Animal’

Manohla Dargis of the New York Times gave the movie a thumbs down.

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The Basic Problem With The LA Times — Trying To Sell A National Paper Locally

From Content Bridges: When John [Carroll] and Dean [Baquet, then managing editor, now back at the New York Times] took over, they severely curtailed local reporting. They closed down most of the local zoned offices. They discontinued the Metro section … Continue reading

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Time To Go

Los Angeles Times veteran Joel Sappell voices all the familiar cliches in American Journalism Review as he decides to take the buyout and leave the newspaper after 27 years. His piece is utterly without surprise. He just trundles out the … Continue reading

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Lust Caution Is A Masterpiece

It’s from the director of Brokeback Mountain. It’s a similarly slow film that sneaks up on you. Lust Caution is gorgeous. Women will ooh and ahh over the fashion while men will ooh and ahh over the female lead (Wei … Continue reading

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