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Saying Goodbye to Michael Loewenstein, Set Designer for Siskel & Ebert at the Movies
If Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were the two stars of “Siskel & Ebert at the Movies,” the intimate movie theater set on which they shared their takes on film releases new and old was the third. You can thank set designer Mickey Loewenstein for that, a legendary scenic designer at Chicago’s WTTW-Channel 11 for…
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Zack Snyder’s Animated Netflix Epic “Twilight of the Gods” Aims for Valhalla, Lands at Mediocre
The name “Zack Snyder” evokes a range of emotions, depending on the person: boredom, excitement, dashed hopes, bewilderment. Many of those emotions apply to his latest project, an animated adaptation of Norse mythology that, for reasons I still can’t determine, ends in part with a sequence in which Jesus Christ himself flies off the cross…
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“Matlock” Remakes a Classic with Humor and Moral Force
For movies and TV shows set in our modern era, who are the best (or should I say worst?) real-life villains? The ones everyone agrees are terrible and can easily root against? From where I’m watching, the Sackler family, their enablers, and their competitors are making a run for it. The profiteers of the opioid…
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In the Ring: James Madio and Steve Loff on “The Featherweight”
Set in 1964 and 1965, “The Featherweight” is a stylistically daring movie about an aging real-life boxer, Willie Pep (James Madio), who held the World Featherweight championship twice between 1942 and 1950 and invites a couple of documentary filmmakers modeled on the Maysles brothers to record his daily life as he attempts a comeback in…
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18 of Our Readers’ Favorite NYT Cooking Recipes
You let us know what we missed from our list of NYT Cooking’s 50 greatest hits.
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NYC Diners Are Being Revived by Millennials
Across New York City, younger chefs are tweaking the menus, prices and interiors of diners on the brink, but not too much else.
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How to Prepare Food and Water for an Emergency
Plan for the future for peace of mind on the other side.
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Why America Loves Texas Toast
Be it garlicky, buttery or just a thick cut of bread, the Lone Star specialty has found a following in kitchens across the nation.
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Disney to ditch Slack after security breach, will move to Microsoft Teams
Disney will reportedly end its use of Slack for internal employee communications and migrate to Microsoft Teams after a hacking group stole and leaked more than a terabyte of corporate data. Disney CFO Hugh Johnson announced plans to move away from Slack in a memo to staff earlier this week, according to a report Wednesday by…
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Communication Failures Plagued Deadly Trump Rally, Secret Service Finds
The agency found that it did not adequately prepare its local partners for the Butler, Pa., event, and its leader also cited lapses including complacency by some agents and technological breakdowns.