Category Archives: Film
The Sound of Witches
Last month I listened to John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick on audiobook, and it was an okay experience. I feel mixed about the book. Part of the reason might be because of the film version, which I was unlucky … Continue reading
Royal on Allen on Allen
I just finished Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation with Stig Björkman, and really enjoyed it. The book is a series of one-on-one interviews, or conversations, between Allen and Björkman that took place in the early 1990s, around the time … Continue reading
Woody Reconstruction
I just finished Mary Nichols’s Reconstructing Woody. It’s a good book, and my only substantive criticism is that at times the author relies too much on plot summary. Perhaps Nichols assumed that her main audience would be those unfamiliar with … Continue reading
More Woody
Lately I’ve been reading quite a bit on Woody Allen. Back in April I re-read Eric Lax’s latest book on the filmmaker, a wonderful collection of interviews thematically arranged, and since then I’ve picked up three other Allen-related texts. The … Continue reading
Various and Sundry
I’ve started several narratives over the past couple of days. One of them is Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God, which I began listening to in audio form. It’s been awhile since I’ve picked up a McCarthy novel–the last was Suttree, … Continue reading
Lax Talk
I’ve just finished re-reading Eric Lax’s Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking, and my reaction the second time around is even more positive than the first. This has to be the best conversation-based book on Allen … Continue reading
Pilgrim’s Progress
The Scott Pilgrim series has been on my “To Read” list for a long time. I had started it a couple of years ago, but then left it while the remaining books in the final volumes were being completed. So I’ve … Continue reading
Memories of the Reagan Years
I just finished Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho on audiobook. As I’ve been posting here for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been quite a resisting reader when it comes to this novel. Throughout my experiences with this book, I’ve … Continue reading
Heads Up
The other day I finished reading Eric Lefcowitz’s new book, Monkee Business: The Revolutionary Made-for-TV Band. It’s a great introduction to the phenomenon of The Monkees, how they started, the production machine behind them, the inside drama of both the … Continue reading