The Award for the Best Old Hollywood Boston Accent…

January 15, 2026: …does not go to Bette Davis. Find out who wins in my latest hymn to film’s golden …

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December 31, 2025 You didn’t ask for it, but you’ve got it: the ten new books about Old Hollywood that …

December 3, 2025: In Kate Russo’s second novel, Until Alison, which I review today in the Portland Press Herald (see here), there’s some …

August 1, 2025: News flash: And Just Like That… is kaput with season three. Not a news flash: And Just Like That…wasn’t Sex and …

June 20, 2025: By “he” I mean Northern Irish novelist Steve Cavanagh, not Anthony Hopkins. And by “it” I mean …

March 8, 2025: Yeah, well, I kind of like the 1976 remake of A Star Is Born. (“To think this came …

February 5, 2025: …have something in common besides an appreciation for Kyle MacLachlan. To find out what, you can read …

February 2, 2025: I mean a college reunion. In Elise Juska’s novel Reunion. Which I review today in the Portland Press Herald (see here). Not …

January 10, 2025: Me, I have not been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, but Adam Haslett has been (twice). I …

January 1, 2025: In Susan Minot’s Don’t Be a Stranger, which I review today in the Portland Press Herald (see here; it’s apparently …