PJ Grisar
The dangerous disrespect of making Anthony Bourdain speak from the dead
I should have trusted my bullshit detector; Anthony Bourdain would be ashamed of me.
Why Anthony Bourdain was his own best storyteller
Not even Morgan Neville can match Bourdain’s talent for explaining himself.
How Judy Chicago became part of art history
“I see myself in the history of art; that was one of my goals, to become part of art history.”
Why does everyone want Jerusalem? CNN investigates in a new docuseries
“Jerusalem” is an entertaining, sometimes reductive and regularly challenging docuseries.
Couldn’t make Cannes? The (James) Caan Film Festival awaits.
“He’s of that era of masculine Hollywood stars, but also kind of has these surprising aspects — there’s a goofy quality, he’s also Jewish.”
He was the Folksbiene’s CEO. Now he’s at the center of a resume-padding scandal.
He had a lot of chutzpah . But not much of what he said was true.
Is Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Hollywood’ novel an apologia for Roman Polanski?
Tarantino lets Polanski off — but brings in his own troubling fantasies of sexual abuse.
Harvey Keitel deserves better than ‘Lansky’
In some ways, this is the role Keitel has been waiting his whole career to play. It’s a shame the material isn’t up to his talent.
For Mel Brooks’ 95th birthday, 4 ways he changed the world
From one Brooks, how many rivers flow?
How Jewish and Irish humor intermarried on ‘Conan’
Nearly 28 years ago Conan O’Brien filmed himself walking to his first day of work.