Clive Owen’s Ridiculous Rise, and Other Culture Highlights From This Week’s New York
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In this week's New York, Logan Hill interviews Clive Owen, everyman. Sam Anderson reviews Kitty Burns Florey's Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting. FiveThirtyEight.com's Nate Silver predicts the Oscars. Which nominees for Best Supporting Actor and Actress worked the hardest? Dan Kois and Lane Brown investigate. Mark Jacobson interviews Spielberg-loving, Spike Lee–hating New York Film Critics Circle chairman Armond White. David Edelstein reviews Katyn, The International, and Friday the 13th. Lizzy Goodman raps with Brooklyn trio Right on Dynamite. David Sax talks with D.J. Morgan Geist. Scott Brown reviews Uncle Vanya and Ruined. Jesse Green talks with theater producer Chase Mishkin. Rebecca Milzoff chats with City Ballet's Melissa Barak. Justin Davidson reviews Lincoln Center's recently rehabbed Alice Tully Hall.
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