STAGING | Erstwhile Flâneur, Philosopher

Narcoleptically Read & Watched: April 2022

How do you read and watch narcoleptically? Binging series and reading sparingly, here and there.

2022-05-04
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

March 2022: Read & Viewed, with feeling

All of what was read and watched during the month of March 2022, especially James Joyce’s "Ulysses" and the 1986 Soviet film "Come and See"

2022-04-03
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

“Night Hunter” (2018) is no “Night of the Hunter” (1955)

"Night Hunter" (2018), a weak serial killer thriller, is no "Night of the Hunter" (1955), a film next to "Citizen Kane" (1940) in the pantheon of film history.

2022-03-23
On Film, Movies, Cinema Confessions of a Bad Movie Watcher

Blithely Read Ulysses, Watched et al.: Feb 2022

In February 2022 I started reading “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “Odyssey”, watched “The Killing” (1956) and other things like the Russian film “T-34”

2022-03-05
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Fragrant Excerpt from Joyce’s “Ulysses”: 5, Lotus Eaters

One of several forthcoming asides on the book "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Lead us not into temptation.

2022-02-27
On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing” (1956): Misanthropy Run Amok

"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne’er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.

2022-02-22
On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal

Lasciviously Read & Watched: January 2022

Each of books and films lasciviously read and watched (respectively) during the first month of the 2022nd year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2022-02-06
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

“The Silence” by Don DeLillo: Electromagnetic Pulses and Voiceless Narration

Don DeLillo’s "The Silence," is a strange novel featuring an electromagnetic pulse and empty narration

2022-01-29
On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Happily Read and Watched: December 2021

Didn’t do much mountain biking, but I read and watched “Alien Resurrection,” Cynthia Ozick’s “Trust,” Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1”, Italian Neo-Realism, etc.

2022-01-05
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Cynthia Ozick’s novel “Trust”: a 1400-word Summary

A summary of Cynthia Ozick’s "Trust", being the story of a peculiar, nameless narrator seeking the reasons for her lack of name and lack of a father.

2021-12-29
On Literature, Books Reading Journal

Reading well an excerpt from Cynthia Ozick’s novel “Trust”

An excerpted passage from the 1966 novel "Trust" by Cynthia Ozick, dripping with the poetry and squalor of Rimbaud.

2021-12-19
Reading Journal

What was read and viewed during the sad, bad month of November 2021

Was it a sad, bad month, November? I read Athan Theoharis' "Abuse of Power", watched "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" (2019) and "The Lusty Men" (1952)

2021-12-04
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report

Tour of Turret Two of the USS New Jersey

The Turret Two Tour of the USS New Jersey was a moment to reflect on the astounding machinery of war.

2021-11-21
Idle Reflections On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions

Cynthia Ozick’s “Trust”: Exegesis | Tom Hanks on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Ruminations on Cynthia Ozick’s knotty, profound prose counterposed to some armchair commentary on Tom Hanks’ eminently forgettable appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live.

2021-11-07
Reading Journal Viewing Journal

Read, Viewed: October 2021

When you begin the month with a film like "Incendies," it’s downhill for the remaining 30 days. Luckily I started reading "Trust."

2021-11-02
Monthly Reading, Viewing Report