Written Reviews

Les Blank: Always For Pleasure

December 1, 2014

Trevor reviews The Criterion Collection’s new boxset of fourteen documentaries by Les Blank, who died in 2013. Read the full post.

Tim Parks: “Reverend”

December 1, 2014

This week’s New Yorker story is Tim Parks’ “Reverend.” Betsy offers her thoughts. Read the full post.

The Eclipse Viewer Episode 22: Presenting Sacha Guitry

November 27, 2014

David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 22: Presenting Sacha Guitry.

Yasushi Inoue: The Hunting Gun

November 26, 2014

P.T. Smith reviews Yasushi Inoue’s 1949 novel, The Hunting Gun, translated from the Japanese by Michael Emmerich. Read the full post.

Etgar Keret: “One Gram Short”

November 24, 2014

This week’s New Yorker story is Etgar Keret’s “One Gram Short,” translated from the Hebrew by Nathan Englander. Betsy offers her thoughts. Read the full post.

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