The Pale King by David Foster Wallace
The graying prince In Chapter 6 of The Pale King , a character named Lane A. Dean Jr. sits on a picnic bench in the early…
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Potiche review
A French farce gets serious Birds sing, the sky is a pleasant shade of blue, and the fresh morning air is invigorating as…
Catching Up With I’m From Barcelona
With their impossibly sunny debut album _Let Me Introduce My Friends_ in 2006, Sweden's I'm From Barcelona burst onto the…
A Screaming Man
A Screaming Man is a movie that wants to be two things at once and, like many films that awkwardly split themselves in this…
Modern Family: “The Musical Man” (Episode 2.19)
Network comedies generally have 22 minutes to hit the plot points and get to the resolution. While many sitcoms struggle to…