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Rainer Werner Fassbinder: Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day

November 7, 2018

Rainer Werner Fassbinder created some of the most powerful films about how circumstances can crush an individual, and they’re magnificent and empathetic. Here is one where the individuals have the power to change their circumstances, and it’s delightful. Trevor reviews Fassbinder’s Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day, recently released on home video by The Criterion Collection.

Scholastique Mukasonga: “Cattle Praise Song”

November 5, 2018

This week’s New Yorker fiction is Scholastique Mukasonga’s “Cattle Praise Song,” translated from the French by Melanie Mauthner.

David Grann: The White Darkness

November 2, 2018

Trevor reviews David Grann’s latest, The White Darkness, a look at Henry Worsley and his polar exploration.

Rob Reiner: The Princess Bride

November 1, 2018

This week The Criterion Collection released a lavish edition of The Princess Bride, and I highly recommend falling in love with Rob Reiner’s unique and benevolent film again if you’ve seen it or for the first time if you haven’t!

Brian De Palma: Sisters

October 31, 2018

Brian De Palma’s 1973 film Sisters is a twisty, murderous option for your Halloween night!

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