The actor, who died earlier this week at the age of 81, turned every role into a feat of concentrated charm and wit.
Tom Carson
Tom Carson won two National Magazine Awards during his stint as Esquire’s “Screen” columnist and has been nominated twice more as GQ’s movie reviewer. Formerly a staff writer at LA Weekly and The Village Voice, he is the author of Gilligan’s Wake (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 2003) and Daisy Buchanan’s Daughter.
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“Spring Breakers” Was the Best Movie of the Year. Seriously.
It was imbecilic but gorgeous—just like America.
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Sondheim Looks Back
The composer reflects on his storied Broadway career in a new HBO documentary.
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Another Note for the Bettie Page Files
A new documentary, Bettie Page Reveals All, provides not only a bonanza of images of the proto-hipster pinup girl in her prime, but her later-in-life musings as well.
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Jim Lehrer’s No Good, Very Bad JFK Assassination Novel
All you really need to know about Top Down is that it reads like a YA novel for old people.
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Mailer’s Mark
His writing turned out to be mortal. But in post–World War II American culture, he’s still a giant.
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Royal Rumble: Academics vs. Film Critics
A Twitter tussle over Ben Urwand’s book The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact With Hitler is emblematic of the battle being waged by popular critics and ivory-tower dwellers for control over the cultural narrative.
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You’re Tearing Us Apart, Tommy!
Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell’s new book, The Disaster Artist, basks in the delightful weirdness of The Room and its chief architect.
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“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” Shows Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Exhibit A: Ted Cruz
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Watching Blue Caprice in the City that Serves as Its Stage
The movie based on the 2002 D.C. sniper spree is an odd watch in the wake of this week’s Navy Yard shooting.
