I think Trump and his staff intentionally uses music by artists who oppose him and his policies just to piss these artists and their fans off. For Trump - there is no such thing as bad publicity and it proves he can do anything he wants without consequences. He loves getting under people’s skin and most of his base…

Also, every employer was a right to decide what counts as a legitimate reason for job termination. Buruma may think he did nothing wrong and that he is being punished for taking a brave stand in relation to what he perceives as overreach by Me-Too proponents etc, but a brave stand to one person may be viewed as poor…

You are absolutely correct in your assessment. I can’t be certain there aren’t other reasons for Buruma departure but the interview of Buruma by Slate was obviously a huge public relations embarrassment for NYRB. Until last year - the review was run more or less from 1963 until 2017 by its original editors. After…

Exactly. Up until a couple of days ago I had been a subscriber to the NYRB for 23 years so I can say with confidence I have a good deal of knowledge about the publication and the kinds of writers who have contributed to review. Until Buruma, the editorial supervision of the review was meticulous, wide-ranging, and erud…

I have read Ian Buruma too over the years and I would have never guessed based on my limited exposure to his work that he would pull a stunt like this one.

I contacted the magazine yesterday. I have been a subscriber since 1995 and I am not happy. I wish some of their female contributors would make a public statement.

Matthew McConaughey is one of the main reasons (of many) I did not like the film, Interstellar. It is true actors with enough ability can play a huge range of roles including people who are vastly different from themselves but never in a million years - not even in an alternative universe - could I imagine Matthew…

Yes. Haha. Coming from Chicago, Reilly is of the age where he is probably aware of John Wayne Gacy. Gacy as well as being a mass murder was also an amateur painter who painted clowns. I went to a show at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago which featured one of Gacy’s paintings in 1988.

One of the people I was thinking of was Claude Cahun. She is one of many female artists who has explored gender and sexuality in remarkable and non-traditional ways. I think Kristen Stewart has stolen Cahun’s look..... Though Cahon does it better.....

I completely agree. Interviews like this one makes me realize if she had gone to college (not necessary of course) or at least read widely and studied more she would understand this....... You are absolutely right about independent theater in this regard. But I would even go further - any women artists in addition to…

I was thinking the same thing. I have a love / hate relationship with Kathy Griffin - mostly I dislike her comedy. But then she will do something like she did today. She will stick her neck out and tells the truth even though stating the truth will have a huge negative impact on her.

I must have born an old person because I have loved all the candies listed above save chick-o-stick since I was a kid and still love them.

I agree.

My big beef with the fabric choices of most major clothing retailers is they present cheap fabric as a sophisticated fashion choice or trend instead of a cost saving measure for the corporation. When JCrew introduced paper thin cotton tee-shirts I was appalled. Do you think most consumers don’t realize that in almost…

I thought she was killer too....

I looked at the tour locations and I am glad to see they aren’t focusing exclusively in areas of the country where there is lots of support for reproductive rights. Going to New York and Illinois and California is just preaching to the converted and I don’t think that is always effective strategy for energizing…

I think they should eat asbestos cake. It’s Trump’s favorite chemical. 

It is a shame no one has mentioned yet Joseph Cotton in Shadow of a Doubt.... His character is a psychopath and Cotton plays it perfectly.

I am an old fart so I am often wary of these lists since younger critics seldom seem to consider older films and TV shows when compiling them. So I am thrilled with this one chiefly because Henry Fonda’s performance in Once a time in the West is mind-blowingly creepy. Up until this film, Fonda WAS Mr. Lincoln and in…

I couldn’t agree with you more. Why choose if you can dream about both?