Written Reviews

Alice Munro: “The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink”

May 19, 2017

Trevor and Betsy take a look at Alice Munro’s “The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink,” from The Progress of Love.

Henry Green: Living

May 18, 2017

Trevor reviews Henry Greens second novel, 1929’s Living, a supreme novel of high British modernism.

The Criterion Collection Announces August 2017 Releases

May 16, 2017

Today The Criterion Collection announced its August 2017 releases.

Samantha Hunt: “A Love Story”

May 15, 2017

This week’s New Yorker story is Samantha Hunt’s “A Love Story.”

Chantal Akerman: Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

May 9, 2017

Trevor reviews Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.

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