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Recommended Books: Non-Fiction
I have been meaning to do a Part 2 to my Recommended Books: Fiction list – put together years ago. I wanted to recommend non-fiction, from history books to biographies to essays to whatever. Here is the Non-Fiction list. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Afghanistan, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Hamilton, Austria, Balkan Ghosts, Balkans, baseball, Belfast, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Catherine Drinker-Bowen, Central Asia, China, Crowds and Power, cults, culture, Dava Sobel, David McCullough, Edmund Burke, Elias Canetti, Elvis Presley, England, Federalist Papers, Founding Brothers, France, Germany, Group Theatre, Gulag Archipelago, history, Hitler, Hunter S. Thompson, Imperium, Ireland, Iris Chang, Isaac Newton, James Madison, Janet Malcolm, Japan, John Jay, Joseph Ellis, Mark Bowden, Michael Schmidt, Miracle at Philadelphia, Olivia Laing, Philip Gourevitch, poetry, Primo Levi, psychopaths, Rasputin, Rebecca West, Red Sox, Robert Conquest, Robert Kaplan, Roman empire, Russia, Rwanda, Ryszard Kapuściński, science, Serbia, Shakespeare, Somalia, Stalin, The Great Terror, The Soccer War, Tom Wolfe, true crime, Ukraine, Vincent Bugliosi, WWI, WWII, Yugoslavia
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For Film Comment: On Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
I wrote about A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick’s stunning – and extremely Catholic – latest, for Film Comment. It opens this Friday. If you can, this one should be seen on the big screen. I know it’s not possible for … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Austria, drama, religious movies, reviews, Terrence Malick, WWII
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In Film Comment: On Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life
I wrote about Terrence Malick’s new film – the overwhelming A Hidden Life – for the new issue of Film Comment. Print only. On stands now! And you should certainly see the film.
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Tagged historical drama, religious movies, reviews, Terrence Malick, war, WWII
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For Film Comment (and D-Day): They Were Expendable (1945)
I wrote about John Ford’s magnificent film They Were Expendable, one of the best war movies ever made.
Review: Tolkien (2019)
There’s so much that’s good here! Had some serious issues with aspects of it, but there’s a lot that is very good. Will be interested to hear from others their reactions, in particular Tolkien fans. My review of Tolkien is … Continue reading
Review: The Invisibles (2019)
I reviewed The Invisibles, a documentary about the Jews who hid in Berlin from 1943 until the end of the war, for Rogerebert.com.
R.I.P. Naomi Parker Fraley (a.k.a. Rosie the Riveter)
In March, 1942, a photo went out over the wire service of a woman in coveralls, hair wrapped up in a bandana, working on the factory floor at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. This photo – this woman … Continue reading
Stuff I’ve Been Reading
My schedule is a BEAR right now but I still have managed to go on a really pleasing reading tear this year, in the little spare time that I have. Since I moved apartments in February, my commute into Manhattan … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Jean Renoir, Mary Gaitskill, Olivia Laing, stuff I've been reading, war, WWII
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Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)
I sure wish this were a better movie. My review is now up at Rogerebert.com.
Get the Job Done
Members of the Women’s Mechanised Transport Corps push an ambulance out of some rough ground. September 04, 1940 (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
