Written Reviews

Silvina Ocampo: Thus Were Their Faces

January 27, 2015

Trevor looks at the treasures in Silvina Ocampo’s Thus Were Their Faces, a comprehensive collection of her short stories out today from NYRB Classics. Read the full post.

Elizabeth Harrower: “Alice”

January 26, 2015

This week’s New Yorker fiction is “Alice,” by Elizabeth Harrower. Harrower, now in her late 80s, stopped writing fiction approximately 45 years ago, around the same time that she pulled her final book from publication. This story was written sometime back when she was actively writing, but it’s only making its way to us now (fantastic to say that about a piece of New Yorker fiction two weeks in a row!). Read the full post

Lucrecia Martel: La Ciénaga

January 23, 2015

Trevor reviews Lucrecia Martel’s 2001 film, La Ciénaga, coming out next Tuesday in a new edition from The Criterion Collection. Read the full post.

Alice Munro: “Memorial”

January 22, 2015

Trevor and Betsy explore Alice Munro’s “Memorial,” from her collection Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You.

Alejandro González Iñárritu: Birdman

January 20, 2015

Lee reviews Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 2014 film, Birdman, which was recently nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Read the full post.

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