Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy

an education in “artsy”

I went to the artsy movie theatre dressed in black, my hair bump-it high, wearing soft leather flats. I don’t do berets, but if I were the type to smoke, I’d have a pack of something spiced with…

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500 days of summer in spring

500 Days of Summer deserved to be nominated. During our impromptu Oscar gathering, I went a little Rainman. "Write it down. Did you write it down? An Education and 500 Days of Summer. Now."  Then I repeated it. And…

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oscartini’s and cry babies

I have plenty to post, but you’re gonna have to wait for it. I need to collect myself, defrizz, hydrate, and sit with the thoughts. I need sleep. We all screamed and wept like little girls when Sandy…

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putting it out there: i love you nancy meyers

Photo from the upcoming film It’s Complicated by Nancy Meyers I am putting it out there into the universe. What I want is to be the next Nancy Meyers. And before I go any further, let me just say,…

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julie & julia OR I’m a shitty sloth of a wife

We’re about to witness a surge in cooking school applicants. It’s not due to the enticing Williams-Sonoma catalog covers that slip into our mailboxes weekly, nor is it related to the Sur La Table “Introduction to Sauces” emails (I…

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putting the men into mentor movies: why do women role models suck?

Finding Forrester How about this for a fist in the air, celebrating our independence: mentor movies without the men? Or at least with a leading woman? Do they exist? There are few things I love more than a good…

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playing the part

When I was a little girl–and perhaps it’s because I’m a redhead–all I wanted to be when I grew up was Annie. I used to sing songs from the musical on my front lawn, at 7am–belted "Maybe"…

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chick by way of flick

I’m on the hunt for new romantic comedies that make me feel. So friend me on NetFlix, so we can share good romantic comedy lists. They can of course be cross-genre romantic comedies–I’m no stickler. I don’t know…

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laFleur lost

Oh how I do love this LOST theory, from Entertainment Weekly: John Locke is no longer alive — not in the traditional, off-Island sense of being ”alive.” The new Locke who washed up in last week’s episode is an…

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The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham

I’m obsessed. What else would explain my staying up until 2AM staring at screen captures, scrutinizing maps, and having a stare down with the reflection in a lowball glass? For the people who don’t watch LOST, you should. You…

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