Once in office, Nixon deployed Vice President Spiro Agnew to verbally assault journalists for their putative bias and elitism ...

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China: Chiu Hong Bakery (no website; 161 Mott St.; 212-966-7664) is one of the oldest Chinese bakeries in Manhattan and is ...

The most influential director of the 21st century attempts to one-up himself, telling the story that has existed beneath his entire career.

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In cinema, a chamber piece is a tense drama in which a small group of people confront one another in a limited space. The genre extends even to Westerns. Instead of cavalrymen dashing across the open ...

Thirty-one years later, Woody, Buzz, and the gang continue to impart wisdom to new generations of moviegoers. This time around, they remind us that Randy Newman’s iconic Toy Story anthem, “You’ve Got ...

Hugh Jackman may strike certain cinephiles as a dramatic lightweight, a one-time pretty boy/hack actor who made his mark as a Broadway singer and stage eye candy. Not exactly a serious actor. If ...

Highbrow Magazine contributing writer Barbara Noe Kennedy discovers the marvels of Ticino, Switzerland. Watch her video below. Ticino is Switzerland with an Italian soul—a sun-drenched canton tucked ...

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John Banville is a vastly gifted (and almost ridiculously prolific) author. With 23 novels to his credit—not including at least 10 so-called “Quirke” mystery novels—perhaps the most remarkable aspect ...

The chronicles of Amelia Earhart are catnip for a solid percentage of the reading public—those who enjoy aviation, adventure, mystery, feminism, geography, prewar American history, World War II ...