Cormac McCarthy's relentless novella-play is enough to give suicide a good name.
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Sex in a vacuum
Rule of thumb: Anyone bitten by a prostitute probably did something to deserve it.
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Altman's Western is all about hues and shadings, and no one winning.
Pop’s boat
When you child decides he wants to be a boat for Halloween, take it as an augury.
Morzica la coda
Despite rumors of change and rhetoric, Italy is masterful at standing pat.
Glamour’
Imagined Rome is cappuccinos and beautiful views. Real Rome is a rat-race.
Margin Call
For once, a Hollywood movie about real events that conquers through understatement.
3a
Early definitions of crisis suggested the transitory. But 1a has since yielded to 3a.
The Sweetest Dream
Doris Lessing's little-known 1984 work remains a novel to remember.
Dark past blazing
Lucretia Grindle's newest Italian foray makes "Be back Monday" into a terrifying scrawl.
On cocktails
Mixology has only a modest Italian following, but there are signs of change.
Patsies
Think Via Veneto's Hard Rock Cafe has the best burgers in Rome? Think again.