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Orson Welles: The Magnificent Ambersons

December 12, 2018

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.

Linn Ullmann: “Time for the Eyes to Adjust”

December 10, 2018

This week’s New Yorker story is Linn Ullmann’s “Time for the Eyes to Adjust,” translated from the Norwegian by Thilo Reinhard. Where I was expecting something independent of her famous parents, what we get here is a deep exploration of the author’s life as the daughter of Ingmar Bergman and Liv Ullmann.

December (and November) 2018 Books to Read

December 4, 2018

Here are some exciting books that are coming out (or that just barely came out). Happy reading!

Joy Williams: “Chaunt”

December 3, 2018

This week’s New Yorker story is Joy William’s “Chaunt.”

Kenji Mizoguchi: A Story from Chikamatsu

November 27, 2018

Kenji Mizoguchi’s 1954 film A Story from Chikamatsu is an under seen masterpiece. Trevor looks at the recent Criterion release.

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