In self-defense, Mr. Reed insisted to The Times in 2018 that “I like just as many films as I dislike. But I think we’re drowning in mediocrity,” he continued. “I just try as hard as I can to raise the level of consciousness. It’s so hard to get people to see good films.” On various…
These tragic actress associations had been apt: After Pat’s husband, Sam Daniels, an appellate lawyer, left her for his secretary, she had psychotic depressive episodes that included, on one event, feeding the possessions of their three youngsters, whom she known as “schnickelfritzes,” right into a living-room hearth. Sam was clearly not the image of psychological…
One might imagine that jokes about slavery would be off the table in 2026. “Not at all,” Mr. Cross said. The bit, in which he imagines that he would have been a generous, benign slave owner, grew out of an exchange he had during preparation for an earlier tour. At the time he needed a…
