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The Cosmic Comedy of “The Plot Against Harry”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Michael Roemer’s second professional feature, “The Plot Against Harry,” from 1969, should have become an instant classic—of American Jewish cinema, of gangster movies, of film comedy, and of bold creativity on…

The Virtues and the Sins of Big-Time High-School Football

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2012, Sports Illustrated published a feature about an intriguing new phenomenon: a high-school football powerhouse that was not, strictly speaking, a high school. The Eastern Christian Honey Badgers, as the…

What Kind of Artist Was Wayne Shorter?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One thing that emerges in Dorsay Alavi’s three-part documentary “Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity” (out on Amazon Prime this Friday) is that the late, great jazz saxophonist and composer was, not to…

What Kind of Artist Was Wayne Shorter?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One thing that emerges in Dorsay Alavi’s three-part documentary “Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity” (out on Amazon Prime this Friday) is that the late, great jazz saxophonist and composer was, not to…