Written Reviews

Italo Calvino: “The Adventure of a Skier”

June 26, 2017

This week’s New Yorker fiction Italo Calvino’s “The Adventure of a Skier,” translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein.

Alice Munro: “A Queer Streak”

June 20, 2017

Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “A Queer Streak,” from The Progress of Love.

William Trevor: “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil”

June 19, 2017

This week’s New Yorker story is “The Piano Teacher’s Pupil,” by the wonderful and recently departed William Trevor.

Ermek Shinarbaev: Revenge

June 17, 2017

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2, recently released by The Criterion Collection, contains the third feature from Soviet director Ermek Shinarbaev, his 1989 film Revenge.

The Criterion Collection Announces September 2017 Releases

June 16, 2017

Today The Criterion Collection announced its September 2017 releases.

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