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Flicker Alley’s Chaplin at Keystone

August 13, 2015

I’m planning on making the next few months Chaplin months because there’s a special book coming out a bit later this year: The Charlie Chaplin Archives from Taschen. For those of you who do not know Taschen, it is an “art book” publisher that specializes in large, detailed, photo-heavy tomes on a variety of subjects. My wife

Emmanuel Bove: Henri Duchemin and His Shadows

August 12, 2015

Trevor reviews a new collection of short stories, Henri Duchemin and His Shadows, by Emmanuel Bove and translated from the French by Alyson Waters. Read the full post.

Lars von Trier: Nymphomaniac, Vol. I and II

August 10, 2015

Lee reviews Lars von Trier’s 2014 two-part film, Nymphomaniac. Read the full post.

Kingsley Amis: Dear Illusion

August 7, 2015

This week NYRB Classics published a collection of Kingsley Amis’s short stories, Dear Illusion. Trevor shares his thoughts. Read the full post.

Flicker Alley’s The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One

August 6, 2015

Flicker Alley’s giant The Mack Sennett Collection, Volume One is one of the best (because it’s important, because it’s historic, because it’s absolutely delightful) home video sets I’ve encountered this year (though it came out in 2014). Read the full post.

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