Category Archives: Books
May Newsletter: On Watching
Photos: Classiq Journal I used to say that classic films should be made more available to audiences. Now I am inclined to take my words back. So many films are now available and so many people … Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
“Beautiful journalism”, John Huston said about Lillian Ross’ book Picture. What I believe Lillian Ross captured first and foremost, and so well and effortlessly, was that rare quality that John Huston had for looking at and making art with enthusiasm and curiosity but without intellectualisation. She was able to capture the essence of the artist, with his many facets, just by reporting the facts. Read More
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Leaving Space for the Reader’s Imagination: Interview with Marianne Dubuc
”Le lion et l’oiseau” (“The Lion and the Bird”). Marianne Dubuc If we had the courage to trust our imagination, to leave things unexplained, to find our own answers, to accept the mystery of not knowing everything, to constantly … Read More
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April Newsletter: On Authenticity. In Films and Real Life
It’s refreshing to read someone say what he thinks without restraint. It’s a joy to read a great artist. Woody Allen’s Apropos of Nothing is hilarious and irreverent, full of amusing quips and snide remarks, like his best scripts. It’s been a long time since I enjoyed an autobiography so thoroughly. A lot has to do with his brilliant writing and self-deprecating humour, of course, but most of all with his honesty and authenticity. Read More
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Wonderlands
Robert Ingpen’s drawings truly belong in the books he helps reimagine or creates, forever weaving the texts into children’s imagination and lives, for for those of us who are fortunate enough, who get away into adulthood without losing our childhood sides for good, into our lives, too. Read More
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