Tuesday, August 23 2011
An American in Svartelfheim
Like the journeys to Europe of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and Richard Feynman, Invincible Iron Man scribe Matt Fraction offers a meditation the encounter between democratic values and the aristoi.
Thursday, December 9 2010
‘The Magician of Lublin’ Is The Tale of a Talented Man Who Simply Cannot Control Himself
A man wrestles with his own limitless appetites in this moving, early novel from Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Monday, November 3 2008
Blindness by Jose Saramago
The women have the strength to withstand the chaos; the men shirk at the responsibility, although they too eventually follow the women’s lead.
Friday, October 3 2008
In the Land of the Blind
Fernando Meirelles’ adaptation of Jose Saramago’s Blindness fails because the source material doesn’t easily lend itself to cinema, and because the filmmaker is clearly out of his depth.
