Coen Brothers

  • Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

July 2024: Reading, Watching

Greatest hits: the Netflix Ripley series, "Blood and Wine" with Jack Nicholson, "Geology: A Very Short Introduction." Lowest lows: "The…

3 months ago
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Manic March 2024 Reading, Writing

David Graeber's "The Utopia of Rules," Michael Haneke's "Funny Games," Ida Lupino in "Women's Prison." Is it too late to…

7 months ago
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Ominous October 2023 Reading/Writing

Little aliens deeply impressed by the British Invasion arrived in Philadelphia, begged me to read and watch through October.

1 year ago
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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"…

2 years ago
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Happily Read and Watched: December 2021

Didn't do much mountain biking, but I read and watched "Alien Resurrection," Cynthia Ozick's "Trust," Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part 1",…

3 years ago
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Read and Viewed: April 2021

April truly was the cruellest month, but only because I read not a word of T.S. Eliot.

4 years ago
  • On Film, Movies, Cinema

Uncertain reflections on the Coen Brothers’ misanthropy

Reflection on David Denby's critique of the Coen brothers' consistent misanthropy

10 years ago