‘American Star’ Review: Armed and Vacationing

Stream on Prime Video. ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ (1971) Norman Jewison, despite his last name, was not Jewish. It was a common misunderstanding throughout his youth, and he was bullied by classmates nonetheless. Jewison, however, would go on to make one of the classic Jewish films with the adaptation of the Broadway musical “Fiddler on…

When Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, was in graduate school, he began to ponder the point of picture-taking in the modern world: Why did so many of us feel compelled to photograph our lives and share those images online? It was not a novel question, but it led Mr. Lignier to a surprising…

LOVERS IN AUSCHWITZ: A True Story, by Keren Blankfeld COLD CREMATORIUM: Reporting From the Land of Auschwitz, by József Debreczeni | Translated by Paul Olchváry “Lovers in Auschwitz” is, as the title portends, a nonfiction account of two Jews who became lovers in Auschwitz. The journalist Keren Blankfeld adapted it from her viral 2019 New…

“The state of Florida, you know, the state banned all books about Churchill after they decided the name Winston sounded too gay, so Ron DeSantis didn’t know.” — JIMMY KIMMEL “It’s from an old Budweiser ad. Yeah. It reminds me of that other famous Churchill quote, ‘Wazzzuuuuuuup?’” — STEPHEN COLBERT “Say what you will about…

Robert de Forest Whitman Jr. was born on May 23, 1935, in Manhattan to a family that traced its roots to the earliest Huguenot settlers of New York. Among his forebears were the painter and designer Lockwood de Forest (1850-1932) and Robert W. de Forest (1848-1931), a president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in…

The Q. and A.’s and cocktail parties are a wrap. The votes have been cast. And on Tuesday, we’ll find out which movies and artists will have a chance at Academy Awards when the Oscar nominations are announced. It was an unusually strong year for films, meaning that members of the Academy of Motion Picture…