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Oscar Noms and Hot Takes

Gentle readers: Oscar nominations were announced today and if you’re anything like me, you are drowning in Oscar coverage. So here is some more coverage. (You’re welcome.) I’m adapting this blog from an email where I regaled my friends with my very unsolicited, very lengthy opinions about said nominations. And they were like, “OK.” I…

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‘Lady Bird’ Review: Greta Gerwig’s Glorious Debut Soars

“I hate California…I want to go where culture is like, New York, or Connecticut or New Hampshire,” declared Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, with vigor, to her mother. Our showing in New Haven, Conn. certainly shared a laugh at her naivety, her missive proving she’s never heard the “grass is always greener” proverb. For whatever Lady Bird’s titular…