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Lino Brocka: Insiang

May 30, 2017

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

May 30, 2017

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

May 30, 2017

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”

May 29, 2017

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”

May 29, 2017

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.

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