It has always struck me as absurd that actors in English-language films set in other times or countries speak in accents. After all, the ancient Romans, Greeks, Israelites, Gaels or whatever other ...
Ilana Kaplan’s new book Nora Ephron at the Movies talks about the idea of “comfort” 21 times. That makes sense. “Comfortable” describes the aesthetic of Ephron’s films: cable-knit sweaters, oversized ...