• Faves

The Genius of Ozu’s “Good Morning” (1959)

4 years ago

Children in Good Morning protest social mores because they fail to appreciate the rules governing the relations of families and…

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Read Viewed Consumed 2020-06

4 years ago

George Floyd was killed | among twenty snowy mountains | the only moving thing was the eye of the blackbird…

  • Faves

What is a flâneur?

4 years ago

An explanation of the cryptic subtitle of my site, namely, that I am an erstwhile flâneur.

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Is Writing About Bad Movies a Waste?

4 years ago

In which I performatively answer the question with reference to an episode of The Mandalorian, whether one should write about…

  • On Literature, Books

Willa Cather’s “Death Comes for the Archbishop”

5 years ago

A novel of religious devotion genuinely spiritual without falling into the mirthless repetition of ecclesiastical doctrine

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Read Viewed Consumed 2020-05

5 years ago

During the unhappy month of May 2020 I read and viewed perhaps less than I have for some time because…

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Read Viewed Consumed 2020-04

5 years ago

ONE MAN testifies to his unquenchable virility by spending late hours in bed reading and watching movies.

  • On Literature, Books

Notes on Lampedusa’s novel “The Leopard”

5 years ago

Idle reflections on The Leopard, by Giuseppe de Lampedusa, which narrates several events in the life and afterlife of a…

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Consumption, March 2020

5 years ago

Amidst the struggles of the era of COVID, one man kept consuming films and books ... valiantly.

  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Joanna Hogg’s “Unrelated” (2007): The Desire to Belong

5 years ago

Reflections on an early film by the British film director Joanna Hogg, which I viewed in preparation for seeing The…