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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Joel and Ethan Coen: Inside Llewyn Davis

February 5, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Last month, The Criterion Collection released the Coen Brothers’ 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis on Blu-ray. To mark the occasion, Trevor reposts his review of the film along with some thoughts on the Criterion edition. Read the full post.

Categories Ethan Coen, Film Reviews, Joel Coen Tags Criterion Collection 8 Comments

Otfried Preussler: The Little Water Sprite

February 4, 2016February 4, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and his four-year-old son Calvin review Otfried Preussler’s The Little Water Sprite. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Otfried Preussler Tags Children's Books, German 4 Comments

The Eclipse Viewer 38: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas

February 1, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

David and Trevor are back with another episode of The Eclipse Viewer Podcast, this time to discuss Eclipse Series 27: Raffaello Matarazzo’s Runaway Melodramas. Read the full post and get links to the show.

Categories Eclipse Viewer, Film Reviews, Podcast, Raffaello Mattarazzo Tags Criterion Collection Leave a comment

George Saunders: “Mother’s Day”

February 8, 2016February 1, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

This week, George Saunders returns to the pages of The New Yorker with “Mother’s Day.” Read the full post and join in the discussion.

Categories George Saunders, New Yorker Fiction 10 Comments

Alice Munro: “Accident”

August 3, 2017January 29, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

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

Categories Alice Munro, Book Reviews 2 Comments

Toshiya Fujita: The Complete Lady Snowblood

June 17, 2017January 28, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Toshiya Fujita’s 1973 film Lady Snowblood and its 1974 sequel Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance, both released in one edition by The Criterion Collection in The Complete Lady Snowblood.

Categories Film Reviews, Toshiya Fujita Tags Criterion Collection 1 Comment

Giveaway! Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Collected Stories

January 27, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

The Library of America recently released a three-volume box set of the collected stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. The set also comes with their illustrated biography Singer: An Album. It’s beautiful! And I have two to give away! Read the full post and enter the giveaway!

Categories Book Reviews, Isaac Bashevis Singer 6 Comments

Jakob Wassermann: My Marriage

January 26, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews a book that will surely make his top ten of 2016 list, Jakob Wassermann’s posthumously published autobiographical novel, My Marriage, translated from the German by Michale Hofmann. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Jakob Wassermann Tags German 6 Comments

Adam Ehrlich Sachs: “The Philosophers”

January 25, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Adam Ehrlich Sachs’ “The Philosophers.” Read the full post and join the conversation.

Categories Adam Ehrlich Sachs, New Yorker Fiction Tags Short Story 6 Comments

Elliott Chaze: Black Wings Has My Angel

June 16, 2017January 20, 2016 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor reviews Elliott Chaze’s dark noir, Black Wings Has My Angel, first published in 1953 and released this week in a new NYRB Classics edition.

Categories Book Reviews, Elliott Chaze Tags 1950s, 1953, NYRB Classics Leave a comment
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