Listening to Books — Dropped Names by Frank Langella
There are many things in actor Frank Langella’s compulsively readable Dropped Names that grabbed me, and not always in a good way. […]
DF Revisits The Godfather — Book, Audiobook, Film
I read The Godfather many years ago, but I can no longer remember whether it was before or after I saw any […]
DF’s TV Report — Les Revenants, Rectify, and Empire
A week ago, I wrote that I’d review some of the TV series I’ve been watching this summer. I’ll start with two good, and […]
DF’s Summer TV Diary… or, The Special Pleasures of Bad Television
In the coming weeks, I plan to do a few short reviews of TV shows I’ve been catching up on this summer. Some […]
More on Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh — and the Quagmire of Literary Estates
When I wrote recently about John Lahr’s marvelous Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, I didn’t mention one of its odder […]
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