It is 4:17 on a Thursday afternoon and Dionte Christmas and I are standing underneath the northernmost basket on the main court of Temple’s McGonigle Hall, talking hoops. He’s just come from the final class of his senior year, and…
It all comes down to attitude. At first glance, Joseph Sargent’s 1974 The Taking of Pelham One Two Three may look like a slightly pokey old thriller about a subway hijacking. But the delightfully curmudgeonly chestnut has attained a rabid cult following…
First, Sylvie. An hour ago my cat Sylvie was yowling in discomfort and confusion, but now she looks positively regal. She crosses her paws—one shaved to accommodate the IV through which the vet will inject a lethal overdose of anesthetic—and…