Written Reviews

Margarita Liberaki: Three Summers

July 19, 2019

Dorian reviews Margarita Liberaki’s 1946 novel Three Summers, translated from the Greek by Karen Van Dyck.

The Criterion Collection Announces October 2019 Releases

July 18, 2019

The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in October.

Hanif Kureishi: “She Said He Said”

July 15, 2019

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Hanif Kureishi’s “She Said He Said.”

Alice Munro: “Comfort”

July 12, 2019

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Comfort,” from Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

Bruno Dumont: La vie de Jésus and L’humanité

July 10, 2019

Recently The Criterion Collection released Bruno Dumont’s first two feature films, La vie de Jésus and L’humanité. They are slow and sometimes brutal explorations of violence and compassion. Trevor takes a look.

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