Ken Ilgunas

Movies I have a highbrow list of movies to watch almost five hundred movies long. In the last month or two I’ve consumed — with the help of my Cinema Paradiso DVD subscription service — Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, A One and a Two, The Last of the Unjust, The Arbor, Drive my Car, and The Wall. These were all worth my time, but the ones I consumed with pleasure were firmly middlebrow: The Stranger (Netflix), Cruising, and, in theatre, the remastered Avatar, which never fail

There may be no fruit tastier than the American persimmon. Last year I tried one when walking around a friend’s property in North Carolina, where wild persimmon trees volunteered. When gathering, the trick is to wait for the persimmons to turn purple and a bit shriveled. Shake the tree; the ripe ones will fall to the ground. The unripened ones, which cling to branches, taste waxy and will dry your mouth out. I once heard someone describe a ripe persimmon as a cross between a