Don’t cancel Damon Albarn for attacking Taylor Swift
He was wrong and the Swifties swarmed him, but there’s value yet in his critique
Getting the jokes in Proust
A dismaying number of Proust readers don’t realize it’s supposed to be funny
The Gilded Age is a Bridgerton-esque disappointment
Some of the acting has promise but the show is a reminder that Julian Fellowes has passed his prime
I am on record as being somewhere between weary and terrified of the threatened arrival of Downton Abbey 2 in our movie theaters imminently. But this is also tinged with sadness. When Julian Fellowes emerged with his screenplay for Robert Altman’s Gosford Park in 2001, it fizzed with wit and imagination. Now, he has seemingly…
The Gilded Age is a Bridgerton-esque disappointment
Some of the acting has promise but the show is a reminder that Julian Fellowes has passed his prime
Don’t cancel Damon Albarn for attacking Taylor Swift
He was wrong and the Swifties swarmed him, but there’s value yet in his critique
Getting the jokes in Proust
A dismaying number of Proust readers don’t realize it’s supposed to be funny
Serve and volley
King Richard reviewed
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