Three curiosities about the lovely 2015 Ryusuke Hamaguchi film about female friendship, "Happy Hour"
From the "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters, excerpts and commentary on the experience of its reading
Started reading W.G. Sebald, for the first time. Who turned me to "The Hunter Gracchus," by Dr. K. Also, Edgar…
A passage from Henry James' novel "An International Episode" displays the tyranny of the imagination
Shirley Jackson's "Flower Garden" will mystify readers expecting horror, but civil discord is in no short supply
Greatest hits of September: "Lord of the Rings," "We Are the Best!" (2013), "The Hunt" (1966)—and I finished James Joyce's…
Birthday months are great for watching Antonioni trilogies, Premingers' "In Harm's Way," reading "The Haunting of Hill House" and "The…
The Before Trilogy is an elegant, conversational set of romantic films, notably missing some important details.
Mostly mountainbiked during July, enjoyed the refreshing waters of Lake Willoughby Vermont, but also read Shirley Jackson's "We Have Always…
In 1979 one of Peter Weir's early films, "The Plumber," saw theatrical release. Little indicated his future.