A recovering addict and a grieving mother follow a self-destructive path in this bleak, understated drama.A recovering addict and a grieving mother follow a self-destructive…
View More ‘No Future’ Review: On a Downward SpiralCategory: News
What to Do for Halloween in New York City
The Village Halloween Parade is back. Haunted houses have reopened. And we’ve rounded up movies that are not-so scary or are downright horrifying.The Village Halloween…
View More What to Do for Halloween in New York City
Inflation Expectations Surge to Highest in More Than a Decade
Post ContentRead More
View More Inflation Expectations Surge to Highest in More Than a DecadeMy new employer is offering me Aetna HMO or Kaiser HMO. Which would you choose?
I’m looking at the buy-up plans for both. I usually go to the doctors 2-4 times per year, I have been hospitalized once (not for…
View More My new employer is offering me Aetna HMO or Kaiser HMO. Which would you choose?Review: ‘White Teeth,’ by Zadie Smith
A satirical, multigenerational family saga set during the waning of the colonial British Empire, this 2000 debut established its author as a prodigy of the…
View More Review: ‘White Teeth,’ by Zadie SmithReview: ‘Ulysses,’ by James Joyce
Our reviewer called “Ulysses” the “most important contribution that has been made to fictional literature in the 20th century.” That doesn’t mean he liked it.Our…
View More Review: ‘Ulysses,’ by James JoyceReview: ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ by Elizabeth Gilbert
Reeling from a divorce, a writer sought solace in Italy, India and Indonesia. There, she found peace — and plenty of material for a blockbuster…
View More Review: ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ by Elizabeth GilbertReview: ‘Color,’ by Countee Cullen
In 1925, the Book Review raved about the “sensitive” love poems and “piercing” satire from a young star of the Harlem Renaissance.In 1925, the Book…
View More Review: ‘Color,’ by Countee CullenReview: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith Wharton
This tale of Gilded Age New York City became, in 1921, the first novel by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize.This tale of Gilded…
View More Review: ‘The Age of Innocence,’ by Edith WhartonReview: ‘Nausea,’ by Jean-Paul Sartre
Vladimir Nabokov wondered in 1949 whether the French existentialist’s novel was even worth translating.Vladimir Nabokov wondered in 1949 whether the French existentialist’s novel was even…
View More Review: ‘Nausea,’ by Jean-Paul Sartre