Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Spring 2026
In a new book, actor and director Andrew McCarthy turns a lens on the male friendship crisis—and his own.
A NDREW MCCARTHY’S DILEMMA began three years ago, when the actor and director’s then 21-year-old son, Sam, was sitting cross-legged on the kitchen floor strumming his electric guitar, telling a story about a friend’s romantic follies. McCarthy was at the kitchen table, laughing. Then Sam stopped strumming and looked up.
“You don’t...
