Tag: biography

by M. Bijman June 8, 2019 0

Read the books before you judge the films – GoT and Florence Foster Jenkins

Game of Thrones has now ended, and amid the uproar about the storyline and perceived-as-unsatisfactory conclusion of the final season, despairingContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 5, 2017 1

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Not much of a mirror – You Don’t Look Your Age, by Sheila Nevins

Update: On Dec. 18, 2017, the New York Times reported that Sheila Nevins is exiting HBO after 38 years. TheContinue Reading

by M. Bijman September 29, 2016 0

Discussion of writing style Review of memoir Review of new book

With love and fatigue from writer and reader – Report from the interior, by Paul Auster

Paul Auster has been one of my favourite authors for many years, but not one whose name would come directly toContinue Reading

by M. Bijman June 13, 2014 0

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Famous Men for Father’s Day: An Author, an Astronaut and a dead Absurdist

Manly books about famous men In celebration of Father’s Day coming up, here are some books about men I admire thatContinue Reading

Questions to Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

What is the song ‘Rings of Saturn’ about? I find myself in these lyrics. In Berlin I couldn’t stop crying when you performed it live. “Up and further up, up, up, up.” Is this song about evolving? I would love to know what you had in mind. August 20, 2019

View ArticleDear Lisa, There is great danger in asking a songwriter to explain their songs – or at least to make the assumption that their interpretation is in some way more valid or true than your own. This is simply not the case. I believe the fan often has a deeper understanding of a given song... The post What is the song ‘Rings of Saturn’ about? I find […]

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Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019

“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]

Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective, Part 1 June 18, 2019

In 1996, critic Laurie Halpern Benenson, writing for the New York Times, called Nina Saxon “one of the most sought-after designers in the business” and it was true: some years, she could barely keep up with demand. Beginning in 1980 and working well into the 2010s, Saxon lent her titling talent to more than 200 films and TV series, working with directors inc […]