Alice Munro: “Eskimo”
Trevor and Betsy share their thoughts on Alice Munro’s “Eskimo,” from The Progress of Love.
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César Aira: The Proof
Trevor reviews César Aira’s The Proof, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. New Directions published this in a twofer that includes Aira’s The Little Buddhist Monk.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Mysterious Object at Noon
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2, recently released by The Criterion Collection, contains the debut feature from current master Apichatpong Weerasethakul, his 2000 film Mysterious Object at Noon.
César Aira: The Little Buddhist Monk
New Directions has just released a new book containing two new-to-English novellas by the great César Aira: The Little Buddhist Monk and The Proof, each translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor. In this post, Trevor writes about The Little Buddhist Monk, which he considers to be one of the best Aira novellas in years.
Lino Brocka: Insiang
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project, recently released by The Criterion Collection, opens with a striking film set in the slums of Manila, Lino Brocka’s 1976 film Insiang.
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2
Today The Criterion Collection is releasing what is surely in contention for release of the year, Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2. We’ll be reviewing each of the six films included in this set. Here is a brief overview of the set as a whole.
The Eclipse Viewer 57: Postwar Kurosawa Part II
In this episode of The Eclipse Viewer, David and Trevor discuss the final two films in Eclipse Series 7: Postwar Kurosawa.
Curtis Sittenfeld: “Show Don’t Tell”
This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Show Don’t Tell,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.
Will Mackin: “Crossing the River No Name”
This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Will Mackin’s “Crossing the River No Name,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.
Sherman Alexie: “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest”
This week we have The New Yorker summer fiction issue, featuring Sherman Alexie’s “Clean, Cleaner, Cleanest,” which we’ll be discussing in this post.