What an incredible film. I picked up Nicholas Roeg’s Walkabout (1971, Criterion Spine #10) after doing a recent binge on … More
Category: Films
Bowie in 2023: #629 THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976), THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Walter Tevis, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH by Dan Watters, LAZARUS by David Bowie and Edna Walsh, ALWAYS CRASHING IN THE SAME CAR by Lance Olsen, BOWIE’S BOOKSHELF by John O’Connell, and DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST INTERVIEW
Over the past few months, after being given a new novel about Bowie’s life to review for The Collidescope (at … More
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder, #1245 Nomadland (2020), and a Unit Plan
This is going to be a relatively long post as I have spent the better part of the past few … More
The Life of a Visionary, “All About Me!” by Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks’ Autobiography is a triumph of a book that I read through once, dipped in a bunch of times … More
Larry Wessel’s Palace of Wonders
Larry Wessel is the modern curator of the strange underground of American Folk Kitsch. It is an important role he … More
Barrytown in the Time of COVID: Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy in Print and on Film in 2021.
Before the pandemic began, my library would host weekly, and one additional monthly book sale. As an official patron and … More
#637 In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no Corrida) (1976)
In The Realm of the Senses is one of those early films where the genre of pornography was still in its global … More
The Strawberry Statement by James Simon Kunen (and directed by Stuart Hagmann)
The Strawberry Statement was one of those surprise purchases from a library book sale. There was something about a slim … More
The Red Daisies of Prague Spring – Garrett Zecker — Porridge
An exploration of feminist indulgence, excess, and gratification via the colour red in Věra Chytilová’s Czech New Wave masterpiece Daisies (1966). … More
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
While Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is far from a perfect film, it unrelentingly grabs the attention of … More
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