Lucy Ellmann in the New York Times gives Chuck Palahniuk a scathing review for his latest novel, Snuff.
So not only has America tried to ruin the rest of the world with its wars, its financial meltdown and its stupid food, it has allowed its own literary culture to implode. Jazz and patchwork quilts [...]
In Olivier Dahan’s bio-pic of Edith Piaf, Marion Cotillard turns in a stunning performance as the singer they called the little sparrow.
In fact all the performances in the film are sensitively handled, not least the understated part of Louis Leplée, the night-club owner who ‘discovered’ Piaf, played by Gérard Depardieu.
She was a damaged personality. [...]
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