Outside Reading — кофе edition
This week featuring: Felicity Spector on a Ukraine coffee shop, Alex Carp on rare languages in New York City, and George Gene Gustines on the life of Ramona Fradon. Continue reading Outside Reading — кофе edition
Author: Dan Seeger
This Week’s Model — St. Vincent, “Broken Man”
I want to be in that number when the St. comes marching in. Continue reading This Week’s Model — St. Vincent, “Broken Man”
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Three
Celine Song steps forward with a spectacular feature directorial debut. Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Three
Then Playing — The Quiet Girl; How to Blow Up a Pipeline; American Fiction
Reviews of films directed by Colm Bairéad, Daniel Goldhaber, and Cord Jefferson.
Continue reading Then Playing — The Quiet Girl; How to Blow Up a Pipeline; American Fiction
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Four
One of our best, most consistent filmmakers turns her attention to the frustration that comes from making art. Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Four
Now Playing — Drive-Away Dolls
O Coen brother, where art thou? Continue reading Now Playing — Drive-Away Dolls
Outside Reading — Blue Cheese edition
This week featuring: Christina Lieffring on Wisconsin Democrats, Delaney Tarr on U.S. gun violence, and Sam Adams on one of the great performances of 2023. Continue reading Outside Reading — Blue Cheese edition
This Week’s Model — The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Girl 71”
After all this time, the brothers Reid can still make fuzzy magic. Continue reading This Week’s Model — The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Girl 71”
Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Five
Alexander Payne has too strong of a filmography to declare that The Holdovers is his best work, but the comedy might be the most caustically concentrated realization of his career-long treatise on the way loneliness delivers a pile driver to … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2023 — Number Five
Then Playing — Dumb Money; The Good Guys and the Bad Guys; Eileen
Short reviews of films by Craig Gillespie, Burt Kennedy, and William Oldroyd. Continue reading Then Playing — Dumb Money; The Good Guys and the Bad Guys; Eileen
Coffee for Two 