The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Sari Botton started a Substack about getting older after finding employers were reluctant to hire her, a middle-aged woman. With more than 70,000 subscribers, she has clearly struck a nerve.
Category: Writing and Writers
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In a New ‘Narrative Cookbook,’ Tanya Bush Makes a Case for the Pre-Recipe Preamble
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Tanya Bush, a writer and pastry chef in Brooklyn, makes a case for taking the scenic route to the recipe in a new “narrative cookbook.”
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Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Growing up in a family of secrets, on a compound designed by her great-grandfather, made her a writer who investigated the built world with a wary eye.
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Roger Allers Dies at 76; Helped Put ‘Lion King’ on Screens and Onstage
The New York Times – Film:
A Disney fan who once “flew” off his couch as a 4-year-old Peter Pan, he was a co-director of the animated film and a co-writer of the Broadway musical, both of them megahits.
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Hollywood’s Woke Era Is Over. Now It’s Turning the Culture War Into Camp.
The New York Times – Film:
Hollywood used to be vexed by political debates. These days it turns both sides into frothy, cartoonish entertainment.
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Lamorna Ash Goes From a D.J. Set to Church, and Back Again
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
When the writer Lamorna Ash set out to explore young people’s relationship to faith and religion, she found herself questioning her own.
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Bahram Beyzaie, Filmmaker Who Led Iran’s New Wave, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Film:
Despite a ceaseless battle against government censors, he was celebrated as one of his country’s greatest auteurs, winning praise from luminaries like Martin Scorsese.
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How a Travel Writer Became Timothée Chalamet’s Ping-Pong Nemesis in ‘Marty Supreme’
The New York Times – Travel:
For Pico Iyer, making his acting debut in the hit movie “Marty Supreme” was the latest journey in a life full of unexpected voyages.
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To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Question Filmmakers Can’t Resist
The New York Times – Film:
The Shakespearean monologue that is featured twice in “Hamnet” has long informed the movies, often in surprising ways that can make us rethink the words.