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Some might complain that the essays have not aged well since they deal with thinkers who are no longer fashionable or who wrote at a time very different from our own. But it’s the contrast between their time and ours that makes them interesting as well as problematic.
The sitcom tropes encourage director Sam Raimi to unleash his utterly demented black humor sensibilities.
“Long Take” is a somewhat dry read; there are some great passages, but too many rambling, unfocused sections for it to be a satisfactory sequel to the Japanese director’s 1983 memoir.
In this Short Fuse episode, host Elizabeth Howard talks to Holly Smith, a volunteer and board member at Big House Books in Jackson, Mississippi.
House of Day, House of Night “is not an easy read, but for those with the stamina, it is a rewarding one, inviting us to savor its reclusive, succulent insides.”
Despite an occasional narrative misstep, “H is for Hawk” soars with enormous power and beauty when it revels in the mysterious, graceful ways of nature.
“Job” is not so much a game of cat-and-mouse as a highly pressurized coffee klatch.
In this collection, Vincent Czyz’s imagination covers extensive geographic and historical territory, creating maps whose borders are drawn with the vigor of a nuanced moral temperament.
How often do we see movies that successfully delve into what it means to become a mature adult after a traumatic childhood?
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