review of short stories – SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES

by M. Bijman December 13, 2017 0

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Debut fiction from Tom Hanks – “Uncommon Type” – is a labour of love

Tom Hanks’s debut work of fiction, a collection of short stories, came out on October 17, 2017. It has beenContinue Reading

Questions to Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of someone my reason told me to forget, at least once a day (in books, on the streets). It’s like a daily reminder to maybe not listen to my reason. August 14, 2019

View ArticleMy husband died some years ago but I feel him all around. How can this be? MALINA, ATHENS, GREECE Dear Aylyn and Malina, Far be it from us to believe in signs; far be it from us to believe in spirits; far be it from us to intuit indications that the universe is not as... The post Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of […]

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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 […]

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The mystery of the misquoted quote from “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”