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Carson McCullers: The Ballad of the Sad Café

March 11, 2016

Trevor reviews Carson McCullers’ 1951 novella The Ballad of the Sad Café. Read the full post.

Patrick Modiano: In the Café of Lost Youth

March 10, 2016

Trevor reviews Patrick Modiano’s 2007 novel, In the Café of Lost Youth, translated from the French by Chris Clarke and published this week in a new edition by NYRB Classics.

2016 Man Booker International Prize Longlist

March 9, 2016

The longlist for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. Read the full post.

The Eclipse Viewer 40: Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties Part II

March 8, 2016

David and Trevor are back with another episode of The Eclipse Viewer Podcast. In this second part of two, we are joined by guest Aaron West to discuss the last three films in Eclipse Series 21: Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties. Read the full post and get links to the show.

Jacques Rivette: Paris Belongs to Us

March 8, 2016

Today, thanks to The Criterion Collection, Jacques Rivette’s debut feature, Paris Belongs to Us, comes to U.S. home video for the first time. Trevor looks at the film, which strikes him as Bolañoesque years before Bolaño wrote a novel. Read the full post.

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