In which NC Weil reviews books and films, and considers this amazing world.
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Enough Said, a film by Nicole Holofcener
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Enough Said , a 2013 film starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini, offers an adults-eye view of misunderstandings, secrets, and ho...
Monday, June 9, 2025
In Honor of Virginia Boucher
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak
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This 2021 novel is a beautifully told story about horrendous events. Set variously in Cyprus in 1974, England late 2010s, and Cyprus early 2...
Monday, April 21, 2025
Islands, a documentary by Albert & David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
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I read an article by Michael Shulman in the New Yorker (Jan 20, 2025) about Charlotte Zwerin – now living in her former Greenwich Village ...
Saturday, March 22, 2025
Against the Day, by Thomas Pynchon - Part 1
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I’m in a book group these days with Heinz and Ernesto. The latter, a big fan of David Foster Wallace’s doorstop Infinite Jest , has been pr...
Sunday, February 16, 2025
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
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James McBride , who arrived on the literary scene with his unforgettable memoir The Color of Water, has since leaned on his heritage (Black...
Monday, January 20, 2025
Dylan Considered: James Mangold's "A Complete Unknown"
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Neither the first nor the best movie about Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown is nonetheless a respectable addition to the canon. So, how does i...
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