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Norton T. Allen ’83, a software engineer whom Solomon convinced to join the Anderson Group 26 years ago, said it is Solomon’s friendship that will be missed most in his absence...
...left-wing magazines like “Partisan Review” and “Commentary,” Strand Bookstore’s 18 miles of used and rare books, Beat memoirs of life on the Lower East Side, Woody Allen films like “Annie Hall” and “Manhattan.” Even now, movies like “Synecdoche, New York” tap into the mystique of the creative mind in a way that wouldn’t transfer if they were set elsewhere—Springfield, say, or Baton Rouge...
...knows the answer to the first question (much will depend on what other shoes drop in the case against his alleged extortionist), but Americans don't have a long track record of denying themselves amusement to punish celebrities. Woody Allen still makes movies, Rush Limbaugh remains on the air, Don Imus is back on TV, and Michael Jackson inspired greater mourning than most world leaders would...
...narrower releases, the Coen brothers' A Serious Man earned $860,000 at 82 theaters; Black Dynamite, the blaxploitation tribute that was highly praised at Sundance, could cadge only $141,000 on 70 screens; and the omnibus entry New York, I Love You, with directorial contributions by Mira Nair, Allen Hughes, Brett Ratner and Natalie Portman, took in a small-town $372,000 in 199 venues. Hopes remain high for two British romances. Bright Star, about poet John Keats' doomed love, has received $3.5 million in contributions from moony English majors; and An Education, with star-is-born Carey Mulligan, crossed...
...movie, and because of this, the parallels with Woody Allen’s early work are especially clear. Like Allen’s films, “Last Call” focuses on the sexual and intellectual neuroses of Manhattan’s educated classes. As a writer, Allen lavishes attention on characters that banter and bicker, and so does Chainey. This is where the actors’ otherwise solid performances fall short. Before the story’s key deception is exposed, the deepening relationship between Ellie and Sara is developed over quotidian chatter about job interviews and spilled...