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THE LESSON

July 9, 2023 By Leave a Comment

THE LESSON

There are murky waters, literally and figuratively, in THE LESSON, a languid tragedy of manners about family dynamics and career neuroses. At its center are Liam Somers (Daryl McCormack), a brilliant literature tutor struggling to complete his first novel, and the subject of Liam’s Oxford thesis, the revered writer, J.M. Sinclair (Richard E. Grant). To… Read More »

Tagged With: art, dysfunctional family, family dynamics, literature, novelist, tutor

THE LOST CITY

March 25, 2022 By Leave a Comment

THE LOST CITY

Let us praise the genius of Sandra Bullock’s gift for physical comedy. It makes even the small business of teetering on a stool in a fuchsia-sequined jumpsuit an epic of determination, embarrassment, grit, and uncertainty. It is in no small part that THE LOST CITY, on which she was also an executive producer, is such… Read More »

Tagged With: book tour, jungle, male model, mercenary, novelist, sequins, volcano

EVERY THING WILL BE FINE

December 14, 2015 By 1 Comment

EVERY THING WILL BE FINE

Tragedy is complicated. Guilt and anger, acceptance and forgiveness don’t fall into neat pigeonholes in Wim Wender’s EVERY THING WILL BE FINE, a title that is what everyone aspires to in this small but powerful tale of searching for redemption. The central character is Tomas (James Franco), a good writer with a middling career and… Read More »

Tagged With: accident, child's death, forgiveness, guilt, novelist, suicide attempt

Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt Celebrate THE END OF THE TOUR

August 8, 2015 By 2 Comments

Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt Celebrate THE END OF THE TOUR

You never know what gem of an information nugget you will unearth when conducting an interview, or, as in the case of my chat with Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt, before the formal interview began while I was checking the sound levels on my recording equipment on May 2, 2015. I had spoken to Ponsoldt… Read More »

Tagged With: actor, bio-pic, David Foster Wallace, David Hockney, David Lipsky, director, hero worship, Infinite Jest, James Ponsoldt, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, journalism, Malcolm Gladwell, novelist, pa tour, Rolling Stone, self-doubt, THE END OF THE TOUR

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