Noah Gittell

5 days ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Noah Gittell

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! In writing a critical reappraisal of 2005’s Brokeback Mountain, it would be simple to focus on how—in light of the shift in public opinion on LGBTQIA rights—the queer romantic drama has shed its politics and now simply feels like a character-based romance.

1 month ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Noah Gittell

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Billy Wilder’s The Apartment is often lauded as one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time, and while it’s certainly great, you could argue it’s neither romantic nor a comedy. In between its nifty setup—an ambitious young office worker lends his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital trysts—and its conventional, guy-gets-the-girl ending, The Apartment features long stretches without laughs or warm feelings.

2 months ago | decider.com | Noah Gittell

Baseball is rapidly becoming a game of athletic excellence. Its players are stronger and fitter than ever. They throw faster, swing harder, and routinely make plays of astounding agility, the kind that would get them on the first five minutes of Sportscenter if ESPN still covered baseball in any sort of meaningful way. Older fans know it wasn’t always this way. Ballplayers were once known for being pudgy and out of shape. They had “dad bods” long before that was a term.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Noah Gittell

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysBaseball is rapidly becoming a game of athletic excellence. Its players are stronger and fitter than ever.

2 months ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Noah Gittell

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Nothing much happens in Inside Llewyn Davis, and that’s the point. The protagonist, a talented but decidedly unsuccessful folk singer in early ’60s Greenwich Village, learns a few things about how the world works, namely that he’s not talented enough to behave like such an asshole and get away with it.