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Posted inFilm

Director Tamara Jenkins returns with Private Life, a sharp and funny examination of infertility and art

by Ben Sachs October 25, 2018August 18, 2021

A middle-aged couple wonders, If you don’t leave behind a child or a lasting piece of work, were you ever here at all?

Posted inFilm

Medieval nuns own their pleasure in The Little Hours

by J.R. Jones July 13, 2017August 18, 2021

In the a farcical comedy based on Boccaccio’s Decameron, Aubrey Plaza, Alison Brie, and Kate Micucci star as sisters with a new mister.

Posted inBlogs

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp tastes like a burger—and I like it

by Gwynedd Stuart August 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Michael Showalter and David Wain did it. They did it.

Judah Friedlander
Posted inArts & Culture

Comedian Judah Friedlander defends his title

by Gwynedd Stuart September 9, 2014August 18, 2021

Comedian Judah Friedlander has acted , but his stand-up—complemented by trucker hats and denim—has stayed the course.

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