Written Reviews

François Truffaut: Day for Night

August 18, 2015

Earlier this year, The Criterion Collection release François Truffaut’s The Soft Skin, and today they follow up with another wonderful release from Truffaut: his delightful, warm, and reflective 1973 film Day for Night. Trevor reviews the film and discusses the new edition. Read the full post.

Alice McDermott: “These Short, Dark Days”

August 17, 2015

Click here to read the story in its entirety on The New Yorker webpage. Alice McDermott’s “These Short, Dark Days” was originally published in the August 24, 2015 issue of The New Yorker. I like Alice McDermott’s work, at least the little of it that I’ve read. Last year Picador put out some lovely editions

Flicker Alley’s Chaplin at Keystone

August 13, 2015

I’m planning on making the next few months Chaplin months because there’s a special book coming out a bit later this year: The Charlie Chaplin Archives from Taschen. For those of you who do not know Taschen, it is an “art book” publisher that specializes in large, detailed, photo-heavy tomes on a variety of subjects. My wife

Emmanuel Bove: Henri Duchemin and His Shadows

August 12, 2015

Trevor reviews a new collection of short stories, Henri Duchemin and His Shadows, by Emmanuel Bove and translated from the French by Alyson Waters. Read the full post.

Lars von Trier: Nymphomaniac, Vol. I and II

August 10, 2015

Lee reviews Lars von Trier’s 2014 two-part film, Nymphomaniac. Read the full post.

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