I haven’t worked a day in my life: John Madden, 1936-2021
Sports is not the usual purview of the Solute, but John Madden’s reach transcended football.…
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Congratulations to Elisabeth Moss for running the table this week. She may have no more…
Gilda (Year Of The Month)
The most interesting scene in Gilda is when the eponymous character draws a direct connection…
Celebrating the Living: Ruth Buzzi
Research for this column routinely takes me in strange directions. Mostly I went into this…
Attention Must Be Paid: Sabu
On my calendar for today is “Sabu (unless someone more Christmasy comes up).” But then…
Year of the Month: The Incredible Power of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Roger Ebert ends his review of It’s a Wonderful Life with a story. “At a…
Disney Byways: “From All of Us to All of You”
Odds are pretty good that, today, my quasi-sister-in-law and her family (her brother and I…
The Friday Article Roundup: The Past is Present
This Week You Will Learn: What Peter Dinklage thinks of the final season of Game of…
Self-Respect: Joan Didion, 1934-2021
As it happens I am still committed to the idea that the ability to think…
At the Movies with Wussy (by MILLER)
So there we were, drinking at the bar before the show, watching the muted movie…