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“The suburbs of Los Angeles are so often neglected in literature and film because they are so seemingly impervious to adoration.”
Penny, whose many moods are sensitively drawn in this softly colored volume, is, perhaps like all cats, a philosopher.
Chronicling Stankonia is an engaging read, one that adroitly balances rigorous academic research with a deeply personal narrative about Black life and art in the post-Civil Rights Era in the South.
“I don’t work the system anymore, except as a last resort: I aim instead to bypass it. The better I have gotten at circumventing gatekeepers, the more successful my writing career has been.”
Though it’s classified as a comedy, Shiva Baby utilizes many of the stylistic trademarks found throughout the horror genre to merge painfully humorous discomfort with suffocatingly atmospheric terror.
In the process of exploring the ideas that shaped Lorraine Hansberry’s understanding of her art and the world, the volume confirms the writer’s relevance during these troubled but potentially transformative times.
This Is a Robbery is the most complete and compelling narrative yet about the looting of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
Free from the stress of leading a major-label band on the road, Mark Sandman could always return home to Hypnosonics, an alternate vehicle for his elastic vision.
In his new book on film directors, critic David Thomson gives us plenty to think about and plenty more to argue about.
Film Commentary: “Minari” — An Immigrant Tale with a Southern Accent
Minari is about the triumph of folkways, both Ozark and Korean.
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