Kliph Nesteroff

Book Review: “The Comedians” — A Compelling History of America’s Jesters

I loved this book, and it will hold a cherished place on my comedy book-shelf.

Melissa January 26, 2021 at 5:39 am on Book Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” — Are the Rural Poor Noble Savages?I truly despised this book - trash Tess of the D'Urbervilles meets Twilight in a swamp. And the dialogue!! -...
Melissa January 26, 2021 at 5:27 am on Book Review: “Where the Crawdads Sing” — Are the Rural Poor Noble Savages?By hoeing do you mean tending to her vegetable garden?
tim jackson January 25, 2021 at 12:28 pm on Book Review: “Freak Out! My Life with the Mothers of Invention” — Intimate ObservationsThis sounds (literally) compelling. I've been plowing through audiobooks these days and prefer non-fiction to fiction on audio. This may...
Mary-Jane Doherty January 23, 2021 at 5:09 pm on Film Review: “Pieces of a Woman” — “They give birth astride of a grave…”Thank you for this review. After the opening continuous take - riveting, as all say - I spent much of...
Gerald Peary January 21, 2021 at 11:47 am on Film Commentary — Roger Ebert: A Contrarian ViewYes, Alex, I am alive and kicking. Sorry you didn't like either review you read by me. That's your prerogative....