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About Fenster

Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.

After After Hours

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Griffin Dunne stuck downtown, once again, in After Hours, The Remake (2013).

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My Twitter with Andre

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I am getting old so I still go to the theater from time to time.  What do I find when I get there, in the audience?  Season ticket holders way older than I am, a sea of gray … Continue reading →

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A Bit More on “Midnight”

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: By popular demand, a few more words on Linklater’s Before Midnight. The rules of drama typically involve things like a protagonist and a structure leading to tension and resolution.  Of course the rules are meant to be toyed with, … Continue reading →

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“Before Midnight”

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Fenster

(Welcome Marginal Revolution readers.  Feel free to browse.  This is an eclectic blog and you might find something to catch your interest.) Fenster writes: Film may be better at war-war than jaw-jaw, but if you love words as I do you are … Continue reading →

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Letter from China: In-flight Rhetoric

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Sponsored rhetoric will always reflect the interests, and interest, of the sponsor. We get that automatically in the Era of Spin, that you can’t much trust any statement on its face, and that your brain has to automatically … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Fonvielle on “A.I.”

Posted on May 26, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A thank you to Lloyd Fonvielle for writing a wonderful and insightful piece on Spielberg’s A.I.  Thanks for the piece itself, which is an excellent read, and for sparing me the trouble of writing at too much length … Continue reading →

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Who Needs Mardi Gras?

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: We Americans think we are pretty cool with our wild weekend events like the upcoming Urban Beach Weekend in Miami Beach.  The city seems to have battened down the hatches for that.  It is bound to be a … Continue reading →

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Letter from China: Big Underpants Again

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I wrote previously about the Rem Koolhaas CCTV building in Beijing.  The one they call Big Underpants, the one whose photo should be viewed through cheesecloth for proper effect, given Beijings’ chronic haze.  In fact some days you … Continue reading →

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2 Higher Education Readings

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes. CS50x is not the new Acura model.  It is Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science course, the one it offered free as part of its EdX initiative. CS50x is Harvard College’s introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science … Continue reading →

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Might Makes Right!

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Or might makes right? As always, it’s your decision. Which reminds me.  You can make fun of Dan Brown all you want (and here is a spirited defense of his latest oovruh).  But The DaVinci Code was if … Continue reading →

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