2014 Man Booker Prize Longlist
This year’s Man Booker Prize Longlist has been announced. Read the full post.
Trevor Berrett
Jacques Demy: The Essential Jacques Demy
Today The Criterion Collection released a box set I’ve been anticipating for a long time: The Essential Jacques Demy. Trevor gives a brief overview of the set and invites you to participate in a Demy marathon. Read the full post.
The Eclipse Viewer Episode 17: Basil Dearden’s London Underground
David and Trevor are back with The Eclipse Viewer 17: Basil Dearden’s London Underground. Read the full post and get the link to the podcast.
David Cronenberg: Scanners
Trevor reviews David Cronenberg’s 1981 science-fiction/horror film, Scanners, released this week in a dual-format edition from The Criterion Collection. Read the full post.
Greg Jackson: “Wagner in the Desert”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is a debut from Greg Jackson: “Wagner in the Desert.” Read the full post.
Jean-Patrick Manchette: The Mad and the Bad
Trevor reviews Jean-Patrick Manchette’s 1972 crime novel, The Mad and the Bad, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith. The book comes out next week, and I recommend you do some odd chores over the weekend if you need to so you have some spare cash to pick it up. Read the full post
Alberto Moravia: Agostino
Trevor reviews Alberto Moravia’s 1945 novella, Agostino, which comes out next week from NYRB Classics. Read the full post.
Richard Lester: A Hard Day’s Night
Almost exactly fifty years ago, on July 6, 1964, The Beatles made their big screen debut with Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night. Last week The Criterion Collection released a remastered dual-format edition of this revolutionary film. Trevor reviews the film and discusses the new Criterion edition. Read the full post.
Allegra Goodman: “Apple Cake”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Allegra Goodman’s “Apple Cake.” Read the full post.
James Joyce: “The Sisters”
Trevor begins his trek through James Joyce’s Dubliners, which turned 100 this month, with the first story, “The Sisters.” Read the full post.