Joseph Lee on the Sprawlng Portrait of Aquinnah Wampanoag Identity at the Center of His New Book, ‘Nothing More of This Land’
While Martha’s Vineyard is perhaps best known as a vacation spot that draws the well-to-do likes of Seth Meyers and the Obamas to its shores every summer, the island also…
Director Sarah Friedland and Actor Kathleen Chalfant on ‘Familiar Touch,’ Their Exquisite Portrait of ‘Coming of Old Age’
Writer-director Sarah Friedland remembers her grandmother, a poetry editor, as a “badass lefty intellectual” who wielded language with precision. When she later developed dementia and became nonverbal, Friedland, then studying…
Just How Accurate Is ‘Outrageous’ as a Portrait of the Mitford Sisters?
The brand-new BritBox series Outrageous is funny, fast-paced, and—to borrow a phrase from our compatriots across the pond—a cracking good time. But just how well does it hold up as…
Just How Accurate a Portrait of the Tech-Bro World is ‘Mountainhead’?
It can be a lot of fun to see a world you know well get lampooned, which is maybe why I felt ever-so-slightly out-of-the-loop while watching Mountainhead. Jesse Armstrong’s feature…
Why Was Benito Skinner Wearing A Portrait of John F. Kennedy at the Premiere of Overcompensating?
“Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this,” sings one American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson in her debut single “A Moment Like This.” Last night in Los Angeles,…
Kate Middleton Takes a New Portrait of Princess Charlotte for Her 10th Birthday
It’s a milestone moment for Princess Charlotte. Today, the Prince and Princess of Wales released a new portrait of their second child and only daughter in honor of her 10th…