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Queer, by William S. Burroughs

First, I want to note that many gay men will laugh in sympathy at things that straight people may not ever understand. I think the first time it happens in this movie is when Lee (Daniel Craig) sees Allerton (Drew … Continue reading

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Slouching around celebrities.

I think I’ll just have this one as a pinned one, because so often in New York, you’ll spot a celebrity in just about anywhere. Sometimes I remember them. Upper East Side, probably north of Bloomingdale’s, my mom and I … Continue reading

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Tammy Faye, by James Graham, Elton John and Jake Shears

I’ve written about Tammy Faye before, specifically “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” starring Jessica Chastain. This musical failed in NYC, while it was a smash hit in London, and there’s a big question of Why? I think in part, and … Continue reading

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Blitz, by Steve McQueen

He has said the inspiration for this WWII movie was a picture of a little light skinned black child walking by himself during the Evacuation of the children of London. He wanted to remind everyone that the German’s attack on … Continue reading

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A Real Pain, by Jesse Eisenberg

I wasn’t eager to see this because of Kieran Culkin and the really reprehensible character he played on Succession. They were all disgusting people but his character was so dismissive and awful, I just knew going in that a lot … Continue reading

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Anora, by Sean Baker

Okay, so a tiny little piece of me is incredibly jealous of Sean Baker and mainly because he went to NYU Tisch School of the Arts to learn filmmaking, and I went to NYU’s (at that time) Washington Square University … Continue reading

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Holding The Man, by Timothy Conigrave

This book was recommended by someone on Facebook, so it wasn’t the most trustworthy of recommends. Generally I find the books I want to read by browsing in a bookstore, reviews in the New Yorker and the New York Review … Continue reading

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Saturday Night, by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan.

Jason Reitman is the son of Ivan Reitman, the producer of some all time hits like Animal House and Ghostbusters. But Jason Reitman’s films don’t get great reviews and I’ve never quite understood why. His best received work was Whiplash, … Continue reading

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Megalopolis, by Francis Ford Coppola

I wanted to see this before I read any reviews and come to my own conclusions. Again, a supposedly master director and writer does not do even the simplest thing of allowing the audience to find its way into the … Continue reading

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Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story

I won’t write a lot about it because it’s become quite controversial. But one thing I think people are missing is that the series does not actually come to any conclusion about what happened, other than the undisputed facts that … Continue reading

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