Written Reviews

Peter De Vries: The Blood of the Lamb

December 2, 2015

Chris reviews Peter De Vries’ 1961 novel The Blood of the Lamb and wishes for more De Vries, please. Read the full post.

Michael Ritchie: Downhill Racer

December 1, 2015

Today, The Criterion Collection released a Blu-ray upgrade of Michael Ritchie’s 1969 film, Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman, from a script by the great James Salter. Trevor looks at the film and the new edition. Read the full post.

Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru

November 30, 2015

The Criterion Collection has (finally!) released a new Blu-ray edition of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film, Ikiru. Trevor reviews the film and the Criterion edition. Read the full post.

Martin Amis: “Oktober”

November 30, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Martin Amis’s “Oktober.” Read the full post and join the conversation.

CriterionCast 166: William Cameron Menzies’s Things to Come

November 26, 2015

Once again, I had the great pleasure of joining in on a conversation with The CriterionCast, this time to discuss William Cameron Menzies’s 1936 film Things to Come, helmed — and some would say hampered — by H.G. Wells. Read the full post and find a link to the podcast.

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