Book Report — Sex Object: A Memoir; A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial
Featuring: A messy memoir from Jessica Valenti, and a powerful history lesson from James Reston, Jr. Continue reading Book Report — Sex Object: A Memoir; A Rift in the Earth: Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial
Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
Reviews of films directed by John Ford, Blitz Bazawule, and the team of Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok, Continue reading Then Playing — Judy Blume Forever; The Informer; The Color Purple
The New Releases Shelf — Tigers Blood
The latest from Katie Crutchfield feels like a declaration: This is what Waxahatchee is going to be from now on. Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Tigers Blood
Outside Reading — When a Stranger Sojourns with You in Your Land edition
Featuring: Emily Baumgaertner reporting on cruel indifference to medical need at the border, Noah Berlatsky on delusional responses to current events, and Molly Young on olfactory adventures. Continue reading Outside Reading — When a Stranger Sojourns with You in Your Land edition
This Week’s Model — The Ophelias, “Soft and Tame”
Call it Cincy Rock. Continue reading This Week’s Model — The Ophelias, “Soft and Tame”
Medium Rotation — Lovegaze; Harm’s Way
Reviews of new albums from Nailah Hunter and Ducks Ltd. Continue reading Medium Rotation — Lovegaze; Harm’s Way
Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Nightfall (Jacques Tourneur, 1956). Peered at through the binoculars of modern retrospection, it’s nearly impossible to look at this nineteen-fifties film noir and not see Fargo in one of the lenses. The Coen brothers classic shared a lot of DNA … Continue reading Then Playing — Nightfall; Rock ‘n’ Roll High School; The Long Good Friday
Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Reviews of the comedy that ended Elaine May’s directing career, a weak drama with a fine Emma Thompson performance, and a documentary about Linda Ronstadt. Continue reading Then Playing — Ishtar; The Children Act; Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Outside Reading — Negative Action edition
Whitewash by Nikole Hannah-Jones Writing for The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones uses her acumen as a historian and her insightfulness as a journalist to go deep on U.S. conservatives’ longstanding, hateful crusade against Black citizenry achieving basic equality … Continue reading Outside Reading — Negative Action edition
This Week’s Model — Cloud Nothings, “Running Through the Campus”
Cloud Nothings are still Cloud Nothings, and that’s a very good thing. Continue reading This Week’s Model — Cloud Nothings, “Running Through the Campus”
Coffee for Two 