Category Archives: Books
December Newsletter: On James Bond and a Time for Short Stories
No Time to Die takes James Bond back to Venice with Madeleine. He is back where his story with Vesper Lynd ended. It makes sense. The last Daniel Craig Bond is probably also the last Bond as we’ve known him and loved him. Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
Camille Paglia’s essay on The Birds is a superb piece of writing about cinema and the est and most compelling I have read about the film itself. Read More
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November Newsletter: On Noirvember and Tom Waits’ Noir Sensibility
Right: Film poster by Tony Stella for the neo-noir “Gloria”, 1980 Photos: Classiq Journal, unless otherwise stated You take a deeper and deeper dive into noir’s murky stories. The more obscure, the more forgotten, the less known, … Read More
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The Sea Library: In Conversation with Anna Iltnere
Photo credit: Anna Iltnere I believe it is always the simplest things and choosing your own journey, struggles and all, that hold the answer to a life well lived, a beautifully imperfect life. Putting our faith in the … Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
A photo of a good book about cinema. No discursive, pretentious analyses, no verbose scrutiny. Because the idea is to invite you to read the book, not read about it here. But instead of using social media, I use … Read More
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