Non-Fiction wastes little time getting to the issues that are at its heart, opening with a discussion of a book on politics that’s causing a stir. Or at least ripples. Seeing as how the film is set in the world…
The Film Canon: Les Diaboliques (1955)
It is no more possible to discuss the importance and impact of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques without diving into spoilers than it is to examine Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960) without mentioning Janet Leigh’s brutal murder. And yet Clouzot’s masterpiece has…
Read of the Week: Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
When Maude Pichon runs away from provincial Brittany to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as quickly as her savings. Desperate for work, she answers an unusual ad. The Durandeau Agency provides its clients with a unique service—the beauty foil. Hire…
Top 10 YA 2013 Summer Releases
Summer’s right around the corner, and aside from all the catching up you’ll have to be doing thanks to our list of YA Summer Reads, there’ll be plenty of newbies out just in time, too! With genres all across the…
Read of the Week: ‘Just One Day’ by Gayle Forman
So, it’s been almost a year since I’ve written any kind of book review of sorts, and at one point I’d even pledged I wouldn’t go back down the old book blogger road, as much as I still do read,…