In America we would call the lead character Ian of Everything’s Fine ‘work douche.’ Ian is a person that loves…
Feature Friday: “Little Murders” (1971)
Little Murders is one of the greatest films of the 1970s—nay, of all time!—and anyone who doesn’t watch it is…
I Shot the Moon, Calamari Press, 41 / 41, SLEEPINGFISH 8
Click through to read the full review of SLEEPINGFISH, the forty-first (and final installment) in this full-press review of Calamari…
The 2008 Financial Crisis in Literature & Culture
I am looking for examples of literary treatment of our current financial crisis. I’ve always liked the notion of “treatments.”…
Creative Engagement with HR Hegnauer’s Sir (PP@YYL, 2011)
HR Hegnauer’s Sir is a gorgeous, heart-breakingly honest tale (or non-tale?–“perhaps this is grief in its most idyllic form”) that…
“Folks want to know how to begin the practice of loving”: on Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s The Kid with a Bike
On Sunday night I went to see Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s new film Le gamin au vélo (The Kid…
Attracted to Animals
When I was young, a flood in my home wiped out the children’s books belonging to my three elder siblings.…
Some few thoughts on facticity
You know the difference between plain old “sci-fi” and “hard science fiction”? One’s boring. Nah. I’m just joking. The…
Comics Works: Keeping Two
For the last couple years, Jordan Crane has been rolling out his story ‘Keeping Two’ at art comics clearing house…