Trevor Berrett 
Ousmane Sembène’s second feature, 1968’s Mandabi, explores the perilous state for older generations in post-colonial Senegal. It’s an important film. The Criterion Collections has released a new home video edition this week.
The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in May of 2021.
This week’s New Yorker fiction is “A Wrinkle in the Realm,” by Ben Okri.
Larisa Shepitko’s The Ascent is a film that is as beautiful as it is harrowing. The Criterion Collection released a stacked Blu-ray home video edition today, and I give it my strongest recommendation.
The Criterion Collection is starting 2021 with a magnificent release: Three Films by Luis Buñuel, a box set featuring Buñuel’s final three films: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977).
In my quest to read all of William Maxwell’s novels, I hit a bit of a stumbling block with his 1945 novel The Folded Leaf.
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Allegra Goodman’s “A Challenge You Have to Overcome.”
The Criterion Collection has announced what they’ll be releasing in April of 2021.
