Written Reviews

Gay Talese: The Voyeur’s Motel

December 2, 2016

Chris reviews Gay Talese’s The Voyeur’s Motel, a look at the decades-long voyeurism of Gerald Foos. Read the full post.

Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos

November 30, 2016

Recently, The Library of America released a unique, poetic, two-volume boxed set of scientific writing: Loren Eiseley: Collected Essays on Evolution, Nature, and the Cosmos. Read the full post.

The Eclipse Viewer 49: The Documentaries of Louis Malle Part I

November 28, 2016

For this episode of The Eclipse Viewer, David and Trevor are pleased to welcome Keith Enright to discuss the first three films in Eclipse Series 2: The Documentaries of Louis Malle. Read the full post and get links to the show.

Sam Shepard: “Tiny Man”

November 28, 2016

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Sam Shepard’s “Tiny Man.” Read the full post.

Krysztof Kieslowski: Dekalog

November 25, 2016

Trevor reviews the recent, long-awaited Criterion Collection release of Krysztof Kieslowski’s Dekalog. Read the full post.

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