Alexander Payne: Election
Alexander Payne’s 1999 film Election has arrived in The Criterion Collection. This prescient film is so much darker today than it was in 1999. Trevor takes a look.
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The Criterion Collection Announces March 2018 Releases
Today The Criterion Collection announced its March 2018, with quite a few literary adaptations for us book lovers!
Alice Munro: “Wigtime”
Trevor and Betsy respond to Alice Munro’s “Wigtime,” the final story in Friend of My Youth.
December Site and Patreon Update
I’m looking forward to the next few weeks of 2017! Here is a brief post to update you on the progress of the relaunch of the podcast, and to thank all of you for your support and look forward to 2018!
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
This week, The Criterion Collection released a new 4K restoration of The Complete Monterey Pop Festival, which includes D.A. Pennebaker’s landmark documentary Monterey Pop, as well as loads of extra material, documentaries, and outtakes.
Zadie Smith: “The Lazy River”
This week’s New Yorker fiction is Zadie Smith’s “The Lazy River.” Please come in and let us know your thoughts!
Alice Munro: “Differently”
Trevor and Betsy look at Alice Munro’s “Differently,” from Friend of My Youth.
December 2017 Books to Read
While many of us look back to our favorite books of 2017 or forward to what’s coming in 2018, let’s not forget what’s coming out this month!