Category Archives: Books
October newsletter: Stop the Presses, The Anxious Generation and Toys in the Attic
Photos: Classiq Journal “The diffusion of digital technology into children’s lives has been like smoke pouring into our homes. We all see that something strange is happening, but we don’t understand it. We fear that smoke is … Read More
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Read instead…in print #45: John Huston by Lillian Ross
“Beautiful journalism”, John Huston said about Picture, Lillian Ross’s reporting of the making of his The Red Badge of Courage. No stylistic flourishing, no gratuitous metaphors, no speculation or gossip, just clarity and simplicity, a probing insight into filmmaking. … Read More
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September newsletter: The Paper, T.O.C. Marseille, and Wolf by the River
Photos: Classiq Journal (left), Caesar Equipment (right) “We are shaped by our childhoods, and my childhood wasn’t about airplane trips. I flew for the first time when I was 17 years old. I rarely travelled outside Sweden. My summers … Read More
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Read instead…in print #44: Sydney Pollack Collected Interviews
Throughout the years, Three Days of the Condor has become one of my favourite films, a film that works within the thriller genre, but what distances it from tradition is something personal, and the fact that it is deeply … Read More
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August Newsletter: Seven Samurai, Gimme Shelter and a new Persona
Photos: Classiq Journal “There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.” Akira Kurosawa (Something Like an Autobiography) Viewing Seven Samurai, 1954 Akira Kurosawa This will always be the summer … Read More
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