Subject:

W. Somerset Maugham

  • Books

    March 28, 2012
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    October 4, 2010

    Visiting the Nostalgia King: Joe Franklin, I Love You

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 9, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 28 Visiting the Nostalgia King: Joe Franklin, I Love You By Jonathan Black I am a Joe Franklin fan. Oh, I know what you're thinking. Joe is no star. Joe is nobody's plum. Maybe you've never even heard of Joe ... More >>

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    March 24, 2010

    Spring Guide: France's Virginie Despentes Wants Some Blockbuster Hollywood Porn

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 9, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 28 Visiting the Nostalgia King: Joe Franklin, I Love You By Jonathan Black I am a Joe Franklin fan. Oh, I know what you're thinking. Joe is no star. Joe is nobody's plum. Maybe you've never even heard of Joe ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 12, 2010

    Free Will Astrology: January 13 through 19, 2010

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 9, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 28 Visiting the Nostalgia King: Joe Franklin, I Love You By Jonathan Black I am a Joe Franklin fan. Oh, I know what you're thinking. Joe is no star. Joe is nobody's plum. Maybe you've never even heard of Joe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    "All I Have Left Are My Memories and This Copy of The Razor's Edge Signed by Asher Roth"

    Stuff like this will always make Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig a good guy in our book, because it's not just any mind that could've enacted this bit of performance art, in which Koenig got the bland affirmation incarnate that is Asher Roth to sign Koenig's copy of Somerset Maugham's well-known nov ... More >>

  • Film

    December 12, 2006

    'The Painted Veil'

    Stuff like this will always make Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig a good guy in our book, because it's not just any mind that could've enacted this bit of performance art, in which Koenig got the bland affirmation incarnate that is Asher Roth to sign Koenig's copy of Somerset Maugham's well-known nov ... More >>

  • Film

    July 11, 2006

    The Dead Pool

    Master of the nonsensical outdoes himself in cock-and-bull bedtime story

  • Books

    February 7, 2006

    Books

    Master of the nonsensical outdoes himself in cock-and-bull bedtime story

  • Theater

    September 6, 2005

    September Maugham

    Keen Company takes a wobbly step toward restoring a master of social comedy to the stage.

  • Theater

    June 21, 2005

    Don't Slam The Door

    Somerset Maugham teaches advanced carpentry, with advanced post-Ibsen ideas to match

  • Film

    October 5, 2004

    Film

    Somerset Maugham teaches advanced carpentry, with advanced post-Ibsen ideas to match

  • Film

    March 30, 2004

    The Tao of Bill

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Columns

    February 3, 2004

    Horoscope

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Film

    September 10, 2002

    Old Hollywood's Sure Thing

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Film

    April 30, 2002

    Phantom Ladies

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Film

    December 19, 2000

    The Heat Is Off

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Film

    May 2, 2000

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

  • Theater

    April 18, 2000

    Agenda Bending

    From wiseacre to wounded wise man: Murray as Bozo, bumbling dad, and bodhisattva

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