Haruki Murakami: “Kino”
This week’s New Yorker story is Haruki Murakami’s “Kino,” translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. Read the full post.
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Jean Renoir: A Day in the Country
This week, The Criterion Collection released a lovely new restoration of Jean Renoir’s A Day in the Country. Trevor takes a look at the short, beautiful film. Read the full post.
Matt Zoller Seitz: The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Trevor reviews Matt Zoller Seitz’s The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel, a wonderful, lengthy, beautifully produced supplement to his 2013 book The Wes Anderson Collection. Read the full post.
Nicolas Roeg: Don’t Look Now
Today, The Criterion Collection is releasing Nicolas Roeg’s 1973 film Don’t Look Now on Blu-ray and DVD. Trevor takes a look at the film and this edition. Read the full post
2015 Folio Prize Shortlist
The Folio Prize has announced this year’s shortlist of eight books. Read the full post.
Amelia Gray: “Labyrinth”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Amelia Gray’s “Labyrinth.” Read the full post.
Episode 15: Stefan Zweig
Trevor and Brian turn to Stefan Zweig in Episode 15 of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, featuring a long conversation with George Prochnik, author of The Impossible Exile, a biography of Stefan Zweig. Read the full post and listen to the podcast.
Alice Munro: The Beggar Maid
Soon we’ll be starting our trek through the pieces in Alice Munro’s The Beggar Maid. Here is the index post. Come and join us!
Releases Episode 3
Here Trevor talks about some books coming to us in the first couple of weeks of February. Read the post and listen to the episode.
Toni Morrison: “Sweetness”
This week The New Yorker disappoints Trevor by publishing an excerpt from a forthcoming novel rather than a genuine short story. That it is from Toni Morrison does little to sweeten the deal. He shares his thoughts on Morrison’s “Sweetness.” Read the full post.