A writer living in southern Connecticut, Stefan Beck has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Sun, The Weekly Standard, The New Criterion, and other publications. He also writes a food blog, The Poor Mouth.
David Denby has the worst job on earth. As the New Yorker’s other film critic,…
Next time you’re thinking of telling a tedious anecdote about how “crazy” your family gets…
The most unusual drink I ever took is a mouthful of hot moonshine whiskey, right…
It’s often said that only the boring fall victim to boredom. A better way of…
A good measure of how badly someone wants something is how he goes about trying…
Why is cinematic violence so much more disturbing when performed with an everyday object and…
The sun is rising over the Lake Chabot Marina, in California’s Castro Valley, and I’ve…
I tend to drink Keystone Light, the mother’s milk of my alma mater. I’m not…
