Reviews of Todd Haynes’s documentary The Velvet Underground, Bruno Dumont’s France, a satire-drama about the news industry, and Nature, Artavazd Peleshian’s graceful parade of natural disasters.
France
Book Review: “De Gaulle” — An Exemplary View of the Man and His Times
For anyone interested in the man or that era, De Gaulle is indispensable.
Book Review: Edith Wharton and Michelle Obama — Breaking New Ground for Women
What impressed me most about these two different women is they were both products of an America which values determination and wit and intelligence, as well as opportunity.
Fuse Book Review: “A Hero of France” — An Insider’s Guide to the French Resistance
Alan Furst’s books are spy thrillers infused with a crisp, rather than a flowery, literary sensibility.
Fuse Book Review: The Battle of Agincourt Turns 600
Anne Curry’s purpose is not merely to act as a military analyst, but to explore the long cultural history of the battle’s meanings in subsequent British history.
Short Fuse Movie Review: “Hugo” Triumphant
I had written Martin Scorsese off, and never expected he had a “Hugo” in him. That he did is the among the touching things in this film.
