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Trevor Berrett

Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Vicki Baum: Grand Hotel

June 17, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Vicki Baum’s Grand Hotel, translated from the German by Basil Creighton, with revisions by Margot Bettauer Dembo. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Vicki Baum Tags 1920s, 1929, German 3 Comments

The Criterion Collection Announces September 2016 Releases

June 16, 2016June 15, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Today The Criterion Collection announced its September 2016 releases. Read the full post.

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Alice Munro: The Progress of Love

August 11, 2017June 15, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Betsy and Trevor are getting ready to post on all of the stories in Alice Munro’s sixth book, The Progress of Love, from 1986. Join them!

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews Tags 1980s, 1986, Short Story Leave a comment

Jean Renoir: La chienne

June 14, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Today The Criterion Collection is releasing a beautiful edition of Jean Renoir’s 1931 film La chienne. Read the full post.

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Karen Russell: “The Bog Girl”

June 13, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Karen Russell’s “The Bog Girl.” Read the full post.

Categories Karen Russell, New Yorker Fiction Tags 2016 New Yorker Fiction 20 Comments

Alice Munro: “The Moons of Jupiter”

August 3, 2017June 10, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy finish up Alice Munro’s The Moons of Jupiter by looking at its title story.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 5 Comments

George Eliot: Middlemarch

June 9, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor finally finished George Eliot’s Middlemarch, which was at the top of last year’s “100 Greatest British Novels” list. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, George Eliot Tags 1870s, 1872 9 Comments

Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor looks at the new Criterion Collection release of Wim Wenders’ The Road Trilogy, featuring Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, and Kings of the Road. Read the full post.

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The Eclipse Viewer 43: Alexander Korda’s Private Lives

June 5, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

David and Trevor are back with another episode of The Eclipse Viewer Podcast. In this episode we discuss Eclipse Series 16: Alexander Korda’s Private Lives. Read the full post and get links to the show.

Categories Alexander Korda, Eclipse Viewer, Film Reviews Tags Criterion Collection Leave a comment

Alice Munro: “Visitors”

August 3, 2017June 3, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Visitors,” from The Moons of Jupiter.

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 2 Comments
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