Trevor Berrett
Amos Oz: “All Rivers”
This week’s New Yorker story is Amos Oz’s “All Rivers,” translated from the Hebrew by Philip Simpson.
Julien Duvivier: Panique
In 1946, Julien Duvivier returned to France and for his first post-World War II film made Panique, an adaptation of one of Georges Simenon’s dark books of human ugliness. It’s a fantastic film, and The Criterion Collection recently released a great edition on home video.
Taymour Soomro: “Philosophy of the Foot”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Taymour Soomro’s debut, “Philosophy of the Foot.”
Reading Intentions for 2019
Happy New Year! May you have a fantastic 2019! Here I take a brief look ahead and try to picture what kind of reading year I’d like to have.
My Favorite Reads of 2018
I haven’t read as much this year as I’d like, but I read some great books. Here are my favorites!
Samuel Fuller: Forty Guns
Trevor looks at Samuel Fuller’s 1957 western noir, Forty Guns, recently released on home video from The Criterion Collection.
Mary Gaitskill: “Acceptance Journey”
This week’s New Yorker story — the last of 2018 — is Mary Gaitskill’s “Acceptance Journey.”
The Criterion Collection Announces March 2019 Releases
The Criterion Collection has announced its March 2019 releases.
Orson Welles: The Magnificent Ambersons
The Criterion Collection recently released a fantastic home video edition of Orson Welles’s The Magnificent Ambersons, a fine film as it stands but also notable as a massacred masterpiece and one from which Welles felt he never recovered.