Trevor Berrett
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger: A Matter of Life and Death
This week The Criterion Collection released Powell & Pressburger’s 1946 film, A Matter of Life and Death, and it’s a beautiful presentation of one of the most acclaimed films of all time.
2018 Man Booker Prize Longlist
This year’s Man Booker Prize longlist has been (officially) announced!
T. Coraghessan Boyle: “I Walk Between the Raindrops”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is T. Coraghessan Boyle’s “I Walk Between the Raindrops.”
King Hu: Dragon Inn
King Hu’s 1967 film Dragon Inn is a fun and beautiful early wuxia classic. The Criterion Collection recently released it on home video.
The Criterion Collection Announces October 2018 Releases
The Criterion Collection has announced their October 2018 releases, which includes a clothbound storybook Blu-ray edition of The Princess Bride.
Zadie Smith: “Now More than Ever”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Zadie Smith’s “Now More than Ever.”
Criterion Announces New Ingmar Bergman Box Set
The Criterion Collection has announced a 39-film box set, Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema, to be released on November 20!
Episode 4. The Literary Annus Mirabilis: James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot in 1922
Is 1922 the greatest year in literature? In this episode of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast, I talk about three books that came out that year that put it in the running: James Joyce’s Ulysses, Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room, and T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land. Here is 4. The Literary Annus Mirabilis: James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and T.S. Eliot in 1922.
William Trevor: “Taking Mr Ravenswood”
Trevor looks at William Trevor’s “Taking Mr Ravenswood,” from Last Stories. This is one of two stories in the collection that had not been published before.