Tag: Video review

by M. Bijman March 18, 2019 0

How to squish Sjón’s 528-page “CoDex 1962” into 2.5 minutes

It took four posts to finish saying what I wanted to say about CoDex 1962, the strange but marvellous novelContinue Reading

by M. Bijman October 15, 2018 0

Review of modern fiction Video

One-minute video review – The Only Story by Julian Barnes

The novel is downbeat and intense, but demonstrates that what matters is love, what keeps people going is love, andContinue Reading

by M. Bijman September 19, 2018 0

Discussion of writing style Review of essay collection Video

So many superlatives to fit in – Calypso by David Sedaris (a video critique)

The more I think about David Sedaris’ writing, the more I realize I’ve been missing out on a good thingContinue Reading

Questions to Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

I attended your Symphony in August and was moved to tears. I think of you and your family often. Will you write us a poem about how much you love Susie? September 10, 2019

View ArticleDear Hannah, WIFE WITH EYES CLOSED She sleeps and dreams to be before She seems to go there more and more She turns her back but not with any malice She says she dreams of beasts run wild That circle around a rainbow child Cavorting through a many-roomed palace And sometimes a black witch flies... The post I attended your Symphony in August and […]

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Art of the Title – Review of Film Title Sequences

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 […]

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 […]