Written Reviews

Masters of Cinema Cast Episode 45: Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu Monogatari

October 13, 2015

I recently had the wonderful opportunity to guest on The Masters of Cinema Cast to discuss Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu with host Joakim Thiesen. Read the post and get a link to the podcast.

David Cronenberg: The Brood

October 13, 2015

Today The Criterion Collection is releasing David Cronenberg’s 1979 film The Brood. Trevor reviews the film and the Criterion Collection release. Read the full post.

Ben Marcus: “Cold Little Bird”

October 12, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Ben Marcus’s “Cold Little Bird.” Read the post and join the conversation.

Ronald Blythe: Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village

October 9, 2015

Trevor reviews Ronald Blythe’s 1969 book Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village.

Episode 16: Bohumil Hrabal

October 8, 2015

In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, Trevor is joined by Nick During, from NYRB Classics, Tynan Kogane, from New Directions, and translator Stacey Knecht to discuss the Czech author Bohumil Hrabal. Read the post and listen to the podcast.

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