An appreciation: Actress Jeanne Moreau was 'an unlikely combination, both imperious and lovable'

It was news I had been dreading for years, and it came today. Jeanne Moreau is dead at 89.

As a critic, writing about actors is part of the job, but you don't ordinarily meet them, much less form any kind of relationship with them. But Jeanne was different, and a copy of the New York Times was...