A passage from Henry James’ novel "An International Episode" displays the tyranny of the imagination
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Suburban Micro-Aggressions: Shirley Jackson’s short story “Flower Garden”
Shirley Jackson’s "Flower Garden" will mystify readers expecting horror, but civil discord is in no short supply
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- 2022-10-18
- On Literature, Books
Saturnine September 2022: Reading, Viewing
Greatest hits of September: "Lord of the Rings," "We Are the Best!" (2013), "The Hunt" (1966)—and I finished James Joyce’s "Ulysses"!
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- 2022-10-03
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
August-alia 2022: Reading, Watching
Birthday months are great for watching Antonioni trilogies, Premingers’ “In Harm’s Way,” reading “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Shawl.”
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- 2022-09-03
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
2 Missing Details in Richard Linklater’s Epic Before Trilogy
The Before Trilogy is an elegant, conversational set of romantic films, notably missing some important details.
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- 2022-08-24
- On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal
Strikingly Read, Viewed: July 2022
Mostly mountainbiked during July, enjoyed the refreshing waters of Lake Willoughby Vermont, but also read Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle,” José Saramago’s “The Double,” and Richard Linklater’s “Before Trilogy”
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- 2022-08-07
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Peter Weir’s “The Plumber” (1979) Leaves Uncertain
In 1979 one of Peter Weir’s early films, "The Plumber," saw theatrical release. Little indicated his future.
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- 2022-07-23
- Viewing Journal On Film, Movies, Cinema
Heatedly Read, Watched: Boring June 2022
Heatedly read and viewed during June 2022, including José Rizal’s "Noli Me Tangere," Don Siegel’s "The Lineup" (1958), and "Wanda" (1975)
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- 2022-07-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
“The Mandalorian” Still Stinks in Season 2
A second season has not improved Disney’s popular streaming series "The Mandalorian"
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- 2022-06-26
- Confessions of a Bad Movie Watcher
Powerful May Reading, Viewing: 2022 edition
May reading and viewing of Ashley Vaught in 2022. Best of: "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, "Dubliners", and "Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy" by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
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- 2022-06-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Reading Ulysses’ “Oxen of the Sun” (to oneself, aloud, and just in general)
On the experience, specifically pain, of reading as instanced with reference to the modernist masterpiece "Ulysses" by Irish writer James Joyce.
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- 2022-05-23
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Upcoming: An Excellent SEO Presentation, Colorado ASMP, Saturday, May 14th
Announcement for the ASMP Colorado event at which I will be giving a presentation entitled "Top 7 SEO Tips for Photographers"
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- 2022-05-11
- Idle Reflections
Narcoleptically Read & Watched: April 2022
How do you read and watch narcoleptically? Binging series and reading sparingly, here and there.
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- 2022-05-04
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
March 2022: Read & Viewed, with feeling
All of what was read and watched during the month of March 2022, especially James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and the 1986 Soviet film "Come and See"
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- 2022-04-03
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
“Night Hunter” (2018) is no “Night of the Hunter” (1955)
"Night Hunter" (2018), a weak serial killer thriller, is no "Night of the Hunter" (1955), a film next to "Citizen Kane" (1940) in the pantheon of film history.
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