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

New York Review of Books

‘I Can’t Just Stand on the Sidelines’: An Interview with Naomi Oreskes October 18, 2019

Claudia Dreifus: I heard that you grew up in a political family. True? Naomi Oreskes: I did. And for a long time, I didn’t want to be political. My parents were very involved in the civil rights movement. I always tell people, “When I grew up, the mall was a place you went to protest, not to shop.” As a child, I was proud of my parents, but there was somethi […]

Claudia Dreifus

Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) October 5, 2019

“Ultimately I knew that words have power.” — Toni Morrison The visionary and essential novelist Toni Morrison was born on February 18th, 1931 and died on August 5, 2019. In between, she was a voice of great power and resounding truth, a celebrated writer and editor, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a Nobel Prize winner, a mother of two an […]

The Exorcist (1973) August 31, 2019

“I'm the Devil. Now kindly undo these straps.” — Demon The Exorcist was not your average blockbuster film. Called “the greatest horror film of all time” by many, it has remained unparalleled in terms of its initial reception, its cultural impact and its subsequent adoption into the American film canon. With a worldwide gross of over $440 million, countl […]