Trevor Berrett, Author at The Mookse and the Gripes

Martin Amis: “Oktober”

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

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

November 26, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

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.

Rachel Kushner: “Fifty-Seven”

February 5, 2018November 23, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Rachel Kushner’s “Fifty-Seven.”

2015 National Book Award Winners

November 19, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

This year’s National Book Award winners have been announced. Read the full post.

Hiroshi Shimizu: Mr. Thank You

November 19, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

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

February 7, 2018November 18, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

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

November 17, 2015November 17, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

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.