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Marilyn Monroe: Artist and Auteur

In honor of Marilyn’s birthday (and she is always Marilyn to us, never Miss Monroe), an essay from my archives:    Six weeks before she died, Marilyn Monroe did a photo shoot with Bert Stern for Vogue magazine. These photos show a Monroe more natural,...

The Dangerous Lesson of Whiplash — And Why I Hated It

My feelings about Whiplash are complex, but one feeling isn’t. I hated it. I hated it with a passion. If I had seen it in theaters, I would have walked out. And here’s why: Whiplash glorifies a specific aspect of the artistic process — the grueling,...