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Trevor Berrett is the editor of The Mookse and the Gripes

Charles Chaplin: Modern Times

October 2, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor continues to look at the films of Charlie Chaplin with a look at his 1936 film, Modern Times, the last film featuring The Tramp. Read the full post.

Categories Charles Chaplin, Film Reviews Tags Criterion Collection 1 Comment

Alice Munro: The Moons of Jupiter

August 3, 2017October 1, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy are gearing up to post on all of the stories in Alice Munro’s fifth book, The Moons of Jupiter. Join them!

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NYRB Classics October Book Club: Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village

October 1, 2015October 1, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

If you don’t know about it, come check out the NYRB Classics group on GoodReads. This September, we are reading Ronald Blythe’s Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village, one of my favorite releases of the year. Read the full post.

Categories News, NYRB Classics Book Club 1 Comment

The Charlie Chaplin Archives

October 1, 2015September 30, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

This month Taschen has released one of the most magnificent books of the year, The Charlie Chaplin Archives. Read the full post.

Categories Book Reviews, Charles Chaplin, Taschen Tags Film Books 3 Comments

James Ivory: A Room with a View

September 29, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Today The Criterion Collection is releasing one of my favorite film adaptations of a classic novel: James Ivory’s 1986 film A Room with a View, based on E.M. Forster’s novel. I review the film and the Criterion edition. Read the full post.

Categories James Ivory Tags Criterion Collection 5 Comments

Tim Parks: “Vespa”

September 28, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

This week’s New Yorker story is Tim Parks’ “Vespa.” Read the full post.

Categories New Yorker Fiction, Tim Parks Tags Short Story 10 Comments

Alice Munro: “Who Do You Think You Are?”

August 3, 2017September 24, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Trevor and Betsy finish Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid with a look at it’s final story, “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Categories Alice Munro Tags Short Story 20 Comments

Releases Episode 4

September 23, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

In this episode, Brian and Trevor discuss the NYRB Classics slate for the second half of 2015. Read the full post and listen to the podcast.

Categories Podcast 1 Comment

Wes Anderson: Moonrise Kingdom

October 1, 2015September 22, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

When I walked out of the theater after seeing Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom in 2012, I told my wife I couldn’t wait for the Criterion release. The day has arrived! Today you can pick up Criterion’s beautiful and loving edition of Moonrise Kingdom. I share my thoughts on the film and the edition itself here. Read the full post.

Categories Film Reviews, Wes Anderson Tags Criterion Collection 7 Comments

The Eclipse Viewer 34: Agnès Varda in California

September 21, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

David and Trevor are back with episode 34 of The Eclipse Viewer: Agnès Varda in California. Read the post and get a link to the podcast.

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