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Review: Misbehaviour (2020)
Misbehaviour is an interesting new film about the controversial 1970 Miss World Pageant, disrupted mid-broadcast by an angry feminist protest. But there was more going on. I knew a little bit about this, just from osmosis, but it was fun … Continue reading
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Tagged England, historical drama, politics, reviews, women directors
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Understanding Propaganda and Newspeak: Book Recommendation
J.P. Stern’s Hitler: The Führer and the people was published in 1974 but remains unmatched in breaking down and laying out the reasons behind the hold Hitler had, the psychological and emotional hold he had on his people. It’s a … Continue reading
“Superfluous people in the service of brute power….” — Ryszard Kapuściński
“It is an interesting subject: superfluous people in the service of brute power … these people to whom no one pays attention, whom no one needs, can form into a crowd, a throng, a mob, which has an opinion about … Continue reading
On This Day, 1989
Once we stood in solidarity with that man and all others like him. I still stand in solidarity with him and all others like him, including my fellow citizens.
Thoughtcrime and 2+2=5: This is how it’s done
Symes’ monologue to Winston Smith, in George Orwell’s 1984: “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words … Continue reading
Review: AKA Jane Roe (2020)
I reviewed the new Hulu doc AKA Jane Roe, where “Jane Roe” (aka Norma McCorvey) makes her “death bed confession”, which I’m sure you’ve all heard about by now: it’s made international headlines, obviously since advance press screeners went out … Continue reading
For Film Comment: on Bombshell (2019)
I wrote a brief piece on Bombshell for the January/February 2020 issue of Film Comment.
Review: Les Misérables (2019)
I reviewed the new French film Les Misérables for Ebert.
2018 Books Read
2018 Books Read 1. Tamburlaine, Part 1, by Christopher Marlowe I finished 2017 with Paradise Lost, in the mood to continue with rigorous challenging poetry. I decided to read the complete plays of Christopher Marlowe (re-read in most cases). The … Continue reading
Posted in Books, James Joyce
Tagged Annie Proulx, books read, Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Marlowe, Clifford Odets, Edgar Allan Poe, Evelyn Waugh, fiction, Finnegans Wake, friends, George Orwell, H.L. Mencken, Hunter S. Thompson, Ian McEwan, Jack Kerouac, Joan Didion, Kirov, nonfiction, Olivia Laing, Pauline Kael, poetry, Poland, politics, Robert Kaplan, Romania, Ron Chernow, Russia, Ryszard Kapuściński, Stalin, Tom Wolfe, true crime, Truman Capote, Victor Serge
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Review: RBG (2018)
Here’s my review on Ebert for the new documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
