Most movies about pop-cultural obsessives -- those individuals who live vicariously through other people’s art, films and music -- are usually about young-to-middle-aged men untethered from relationships and, in many cases, social decorum: High Fidelity, Diner, Free Enterprise, Cinemania, Watching the Detectives, Play it Again, Sam. These movies were always about men; women … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2013
The Tony nominations: Who’s afraid of being snubbed?
This season’s Tony Award nominations were announced Tuesday morning, and the teeth-gnashing and head-scratching has begun. Because there are so many fewer eligible productions than there are, say, films vying for Oscar recognition, the snubs and surprise inclusions are much more remarkable. Typically, when stars from other media make the financial sacrifice of starring on … [Read more...]