Saturday, December 08, 2018

Armando Iannucci: 'The Death of Stalin' (2017)

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Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin (2017) swirls around the crisis of leadership in the Soviet Union following the sudden death ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Olivier Azam and Daniel Mermet: 'Howard Zinn, une histoire populaire américaine’ (2015)

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Olivier Azam and Daniel Mermet: Howard Zinn, une histoire populaire américaine (2015).  First part: Bread and Roses. I first caught this...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Francis Fukuyama: 'Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment' (2018)

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Francis Fukuyama: Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. On this ...
Thursday, November 08, 2018

John Binder: 'UFORIA' (1981, 1985)

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John Binder's UFOria , a low budget gem made in 1981 but not released until 1985, somehow fell through the cracks of mass conscious...
Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Yi T'aejun, 'Dust and Other Stories' (2018), Part II

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Yi T'aejun,  Dust and Other Stories . Translated by Janet Poole. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. "Unconditioned....
Monday, October 29, 2018

Yi T'aejun, 'Dust and Other Stories' (2018), Part I

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Yi T'aejun, Dust and Other Stories . Translated by Janet Poole. New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. Fascinating glimpse into...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Allen Ginsberg: 'The Best Minds of My Generation' (2017). Finale

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Allen Ginsberg,  The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats ,  edited by Bill Morgan. New York: Grove Press, 2017. ...