Benjamin Ree’s powerful new Sundance documentary gently uncovers a dying young man’s online life, full of love, connection, and humor. Photo: Mubi “He left behind his passwords. I think it was intentional.” When Mats Steen died at the age of 25 in 2014, his parents, Robert and Trude, assumed that their dear son, having spent… Continue reading A Life Only Seemingly Half-Lived
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Friend keeps trying to fix my life
Dear Amy: “Carol” and I are extremely good friends. I know she cares deeply about me. However, whenever she asks about my life, instead of sympathizing with my problems and my feelings, she clings to an issue I’ve mentioned and immediately brainstorms solutions to my problem — as though I or my family members were… Continue reading Friend keeps trying to fix my life
Here’s how to give your Christmas tree a new life the right way
Start the new year right by disposing of your Christmas tree in a way that contributes to new life. “If a tree is chipped up to make mulch or compost, it will decay to feed organisms in the soil,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “Those organisms are what… Continue reading Here’s how to give your Christmas tree a new life the right way
I learned that I was adopted late in life
Dear Amy: Five years ago, late in life, I learned that I was adopted. Both my birth parents and adoptive parents have all died. “Janice,” my birth mother, moved out of state to give birth to me, telling only her siblings and a few close friends. The biological cousins I’ve located were aware of my… Continue reading I learned that I was adopted late in life
Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
In the fall of 2018, the pianist Nicolas Hodges noticed his body shaking. He brought it up at a routine doctor’s appointment in Tübingen, Germany, where he lives. The doctor said it was probably stress, but recommended that he make an appointment with a neurologist. Hodges didn’t make that appointment right away. But then, in… Continue reading Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
In the fall of 2018, the pianist Nicolas Hodges noticed his body shaking. He brought it up at a routine doctor’s appointment in Tübingen, Germany, where he lives. The doctor said it was probably stress, but recommended that he make an appointment with a neurologist. Hodges didn’t make that appointment right away. But then, in… Continue reading Pianist Nicolas Hodges Adapts to Life With Parkinson’s
Strange Way of Life Trailer Stars Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke
The girlies are going to be sat for this one. Nearly 20 years after Pedro Almodóvar refused to direct Brokeback Mountain because he knew Hollywood wouldn’t let him make the movie explicit enough, we’re finally getting a gay western from the Spanish auteur and queer-cinema champion. Strange Way of Life has everything: sex symbol Pedro… Continue reading Strange Way of Life Trailer Stars Pedro Pascal, Ethan Hawke
There’s Still Life in ‘Shadows’’s Energy-Vampire Gag
The Supreme Council of Energy Vampires signals how much unexplored territory there remains for Robinson’s character to venture into — an entire world of energy vampires we’ve yet to see. Photo: FX In What We Do In The Shadows’s season-one episode “City Council,” Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja, Guillermo, and Colin Robinson attend a public meeting of… Continue reading There’s Still Life in ‘Shadows’’s Energy-Vampire Gag
Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old
A team of scientists has extended the lives of old mice by connecting their blood vessels to young mice. The infusions of youthful blood led the older animals to live 6 to 9 percent longer, the study found, roughly equivalent to six extra years for an average human. While the study does not point to… Continue reading Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old
Louise Levy, Who Was Studied for Her Very Long Life, Is Dead at 112
Louise Levy, who along with hundreds of others 95 and older was part of a study to understand how their genetic makeup led to their good physical and cognitive health during extremely long lives, died on July 17 in Greenwich, Conn. She was 112. Her daughter, Lynn Neidorf, confirmed the death, at a hospital. She… Continue reading Louise Levy, Who Was Studied for Her Very Long Life, Is Dead at 112