In this episode of The Eclipse Viewer, David and Trevor are joined by Matt Gastier to discuss the first three color films from Yasujiro Ozu, focusing particularly on Equinox Flower included in Eclipse Series 3: Late Ozu.
This week, The Library of America is publishing its third and final collection of Ross Macdonald’s Lew Archer novels, which includes Black Money, The Instant Enemy, The Goodbye Look, and The Underground Man. Here, Trevor takes a look at Black Money.
The Library of America recently released a fantastic collection of music journalism spanning from the 1966 to 2014. Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Roll from Elvis to Jay Z is a valuable collection of great writing about music and its place in American culture over the past fifty years.
After falling in love with cinema, playwright Marcel Pagnol began adapting his plays for the screen, starting with Marius, a play about desire and the forces that pull us home and abroad. He soon followed this up with sequels Fanny and César, forming the remarkable Marseille Trilogy. The Criterion Collection has just released this trilogy in a lovely box set.
Episodes of The Mookse and the Gripes Podcast: discussions of books and authors, shaped by curiosity, rereading, and the pleasures of talking things through.
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