The Eclipse Viewer 36: Late Ray
David and Trevor are back with another episode of The Eclipse Viewer Podcast, this time to discuss Eclipse Series 40: Late Ray. Read the full post and get links to the show.
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Michael Ritchie: Downhill Racer
Today, The Criterion Collection released a Blu-ray upgrade of Michael Ritchie’s 1969 film, Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman, from a script by the great James Salter. Trevor looks at the film and the new edition. Read the full post.
Akira Kurosawa: Ikiru
The Criterion Collection has (finally!) released a new Blu-ray edition of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film, Ikiru. Trevor reviews the film and the Criterion edition. Read the full post.
Martin Amis: “Oktober”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Martin Amis’s “Oktober.” Read the full post and join the conversation.
CriterionCast 166: William Cameron Menzies’s Things to Come
Once again, I had the great pleasure of joining in on a conversation with The CriterionCast, this time to discuss William Cameron Menzies’s 1936 film Things to Come, helmed — and some would say hampered — by H.G. Wells. Read the full post and find a link to the podcast.
2015 National Book Award Winners
This year’s National Book Award winners have been announced. Read the full post.
Hiroshi Shimizu: Mr. Thank You
In my second post for the Criterion Blogathon, I write about another all-time favorite film, Hiroshi Shimizu’s 1936 masterpiece, Mr. Thank You. Read the full post.
Barbara Comyns: Our Spoon Came from Woolworths
Trevor reviews Barbara Comyns’s 1950 novel Our Spoons Came from Woolworths, recently published in a new edition by NYRB Classics.
Satyajit Ray: The Apu Trilogy
Today The Criterion Collection is releasing their restored editions of Satyajit Ray’s The Apu Trilogy, including the films Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), and Apur Sansar (1959). Trevor, who had never seen them before but who now considers them among his favorite films of all time, shares his thoughts on the films and on the Criterion edition. Read the full post.