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Alexandra Lange|Essays

Cooking for Crowds

Nora Ephron, or at least production designer Mark Ricker, must have spent a fortune on cute lamps for the set of Julie & Julia.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Shiny and New

On this week's Mad Men, three words I never thought I would hear on a dramatic television show: Ada Louise Huxtable.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Blackboard Jungle

Tell No One turns out to be a snoozy French thriller while Entre les Murs (The Class) makes up for it.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Rough-Cut Redux: Amazon Makes A Change We Can Believe In

Last week, I noted the strange appearance of the all-capped phrase "ROUGH-CUT EDGE" displayed adjacent to the title of my book on Amazon.com.

Mark Lamster|Essays

On "Master of Shadows"

Peter Paul Rubens gives us a lot to think about in his canvasses of rushing color, action, and puckered flesh, so it’s not surprising that his work as a diplomat and spy has been neglected.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

If You Can't Say Something Nice...

A contestant's dress on Project Runway looks no worse than Escada.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Master of Shadows: The Jacket

The design for the Master of Shadows cover is quite handsome.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Rearranging the Deck Chairs

I've been thinking about the third season of Mad Men in terms of furniture.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Shelf Life

Lizzie Skurnick's Shelf Discovery is a new book about rereading classic teen novels with an adult eye.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Between Buildings

Man on Wire is only so-so, but Phillipe Petit's personality and the imagery of his three major walks are not to be missed.

Michael Erard|Essays

A Short Manifesto on the Future of Attention

Maybe we should be considering a dilemma of a human nature: the future of attention.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Outsider Art

After watching Ride With the Devil, I discovered the common thread in Ang Lee's films.