It took me ” — he began counting the decades on his fingers — “50 years to realize that The Graduate is Phedre. These Ur-stories that we have from the Greeks and creep into our unconscious ...

At a friend’s urging, our critic saw the “mondo chic” 1981 film by the French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, ahead of a revival. He was thrilled.

I felt certain that lighter skin was better and that my complexion was inextricably linked to me not being good enough. For example, I quickly dismissed the idea of becoming a doctor because I ...

That song was “You Look Good in My Shirt,” which country star Keith Urban turned into a hit in 2008. That came six years after Urban first put the song on one of his albums. After it became a ...