Art and Life: A Year in Review
It’s fun checking the “best of†lists that come out this time of year. Did my favorite books make the list? Movies? Museum shows? Plays? Restaurants? Yes and no. Let’s start with books. On everyone’s list is Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, and it’s on mine, too — an oversized, engaging read — but there’s another
(...)Life: Films, Food, Reads, Books
Films: I can’t stop thinking about Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine. It is perfect; not one wasted scene. The story he tells, the actors he employed, sets and wardrobe, its twists and turns. Mmmmmmm… Cate Blanchett’s Jasmine has lost her la la life in New York City, where her husband (Alec Baldwin) ran a money fund.
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