There’s a brand new dance / But I don’t know its name / That people from bad homes / Do again and again / It’s big and it’s bland / Full of tension and fear / They do it over there / But we don’t do it here. – “Fashion,” David Bowie The new Broadway-bound […]
Tag: Meryl Streep
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Greta Gerwig celebrates feminism with Little Women
The latest adaptation gives the March sisters more power than ever.
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The Post is a Happy Days for old journalists
Steven Spielberg’s film is a reminder of how much fun journalism can be.
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Week in review: The Oscars disaster that was, and wasn’t
The political rhetoric was real; some of the symbolism was perhaps less so.
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The media is itching for a fight with Trump
Journalists preparing to enter the age of Trump are rolling up their sleeves.
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Illinois Republicans and Democrats actually worked together on state budget proposal, and other Chicago news
Also, Trump’s Twitter rant about Meryl Streep has some local elected officials newly concerned about his temperament.
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The French drama Marguerite tells the story of the world’s worst soprano
Catherine Frot stars as an amateur vocalist based on the real-life Florence Foster Jenkins.
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Vidal vs. Buckley, plus the rest of this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Steve Earle on hanging out with Levon Helm, learning to love Taylor Swift, and more
The veteran musician, budding actor, and unapologetic Harry Potter fan talks to local singer-songwriter Quinn Tsan.
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Reader film editor placed on suicide watch—plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Tommy Lee Jones, trapped in a covered wagon with three madwomen
Tommy Lee Jones shepherds three madwomen across the plains in The Homesman.
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The home fires burn in August: Osage County
Meryl Streep is a fire-breathing matriarch in August: Osage County.
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The challenges of Hope Springs
Considering the acting styles of Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones in the recent comedy-drama