Written Reviews

The Criterion Collection Announces February 2019 Releases

November 15, 2018

The Criterion Collection has announced its February 2019 releases.

Sam Lipsyte: “Show Recent Some Love”

November 12, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sam Lipsyte’s “Show Recent Some Love.”

Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

November 7, 2018

Rainer Werner Fassbinder created some of the most powerful films about how circumstances can crush an individual, and they’re magnificent and empathetic. Here is one where the individuals have the power to change their circumstances, and it’s delightful. Trevor reviews Fassbinder’s Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, recently released on home video by The Criterion Collection.

Scholastique Mukasonga: “Cattle Praise Song”

November 5, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Cattle Praise Song,” translated from the French by Melanie Mauthner.

David Grann: The White Darkness

November 2, 2018

Trevor reviews David Grann’s latest, The White Darkness, a look at Henry Worsley and his polar exploration.

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