During the unhappy month of May 2020 I read and viewed perhaps less than I have for some time because…
ONE MAN testifies to his unquenchable virility by spending late hours in bed reading and watching movies.
Idle reflections on The Leopard, by Giuseppe de Lampedusa, which narrates several events in the life and afterlife of a…
Amidst the struggles of the era of COVID, one man kept consuming films and books ... valiantly.
Reflections on an early film by the British film director Joanna Hogg, which I viewed in preparation for seeing The…
Early in the 2020 COVID pandemic, we "hunkered down" with our phones and devices, pathologically seeking information to momentarily pacify…
An elliptical reflection on the ruptures in time and history.
Some ideas are "sexy," ahem, because they baffle the imagination and excite the intellect (or vice versa). Rousseau's noble savage…
What I consumed during the month of February, in periodicals, novels, books, television shows, and films
A reading journal entry on Lázló Krasnahorkai's "book" The Last Wolf, which is really two small books.