Written Reviews

Lone Wolf and Cub

November 22, 2016

This month, The Criterion Collection released Lone Wolf and Cub, a lovely box set containing the six Lone Wolf and Cub feature films made between 1972 and 1974. Read the full post.

In Memoriam: William Trevor

November 21, 2016

The great William Trevor has died. Read the full post.

Robert Coover: “The Hanging of the Schoolmarm”

November 21, 2016

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Robert Coover’s “The Hanging of the Schoolmarm.” Read the full post.

László Krasznahorkai: The Last Wolf and Herman: The Game Warden & The Death of a Craft

November 16, 2016

Trevor reviews László Krasznahorkai’s The Last Wolf, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes, and Herman: The Game Warden & The Death of a Craft, translated from the Hungarian by John Batki, recently published by New Direction in a lovely double-sided volume.

The Criterion Collection Announces February 2017 Releases

November 15, 2016

Today The Criterion Collection announced its February 2017 releases. Read the full post.

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