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October 28, 2013

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The Critics

The Current Cinema

New Loveby Anthony Lane

“Blue Is the Warmest Color.”
The Theatre

Wigstockby Hilton Als

David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette.”
Books

Four Legs Goodby Caleb Crain

“Jack London: An American Life.”
Books

The Ghost Writerby Dan Chiasson

Lucie Brock-Broido’s “Stay, Illusion.”
On Television

Faint Praiseby Emily Nussbaum

The networks’ fall lineups.

Briefly Noted

Cartoons

Drawings: Liana Finck, Edward Steed, David Sipress, Paul Noth, Edward Koren, Tom Toro, Frank Cotham, Barry Blitt, Drew Dernavich, Jack Ziegler, William Haefeli, Barbara Smaller, Roz Chast, Zachary Kanin, Robert Mankoff, P. C. Vey, Liam Francis Walsh and Marc Philippe Eskenazi
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