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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
"After four years of marriage, Jordan believes that he and his beloved Italian wife, Isabella, have found their happy ending. True, he's not exactly winning over Hollywood with his screenplays, and to make ends meet he's had to take a job teaching writing, but he's certain his big break is just around the corner. So when Isabella suddenly leaves him and returns to her native Rome, Jordan refuses to accept their marriage is over. Raised on romantic comedies and fed a steady diet of Cary Grand and Katherine Hepburn, Jordan has always believed that there is a simple formula for love - and it follows the rhythm of the classic romantic comedy. Seizing on Isabella's jealous nature, Jordan decides that in order to get her back, he must date another woman. But since he can't imagine actually dating anyone else, he makes someone up."--Excerpt taken from the title page verso.
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Elizabeth Taylor's electrifying performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The milkshake scene in There Will be Blood. Leonardo DiCaprio's turn as Arnie in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? What makes these performances so special? Eloquently written and engagingly laid out, Murray Pomerance answers the tough question as to what makes an exceptional, or virtuosic performance. Pomerance intensively explores virtuosic performance in film, ranging from classical works through to contemporary production, and gives serious consideration to structural problems of dramatization and production, actorial methods and tricks, and contingencies that befall performers giving stand-out moments. Looking at ...
A comprehensive bibliography of books and short fiction published in the English language.
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