Monthly Archives: August 2020

Notes on “Promise Me You’ll Shoot Yourself”

Posted on August 20, 2020 by

Fenster writes: That’s a new book garnering a lot of praise for what the author claims to be groundbreaking work in a neglected aspect of Germany at the time of its defeat in WW2: a suicide epidemic. It is an … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime in a People’s Republic

Posted on August 19, 2020 by

Fenster writes: Other than the fact that I am surrounded by sanctimonious hypocrites that are doing great harm to the nation and the world what could be better than living in a people’s republic like the one I live in, … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Back to Burgundy”

Posted on August 14, 2020 by

Fenster writes: Cédric Klapisch’s Back to Burgundy is a family drama. Jean returns to his family’s vineyard in Burgundy after a ten year absence prompted mainly by a strained relationship with his father, who is near death on his return. … Continue reading →

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Notes on “All Night Long”

Posted on August 12, 2020 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Middle-aged George Dupler is ousted from his position as a corporate executive and finds himself managing the nightshift at a SoCal pharmacy. Deciding that isn’t to his taste, he leaves his wife, rents a loft, and … Continue reading →

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Notes on “The Devil’s Playground”

Posted on August 2, 2020 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:Though it’s little known even among aficionados, I’d rank Fred Schepisi’s 1976 “The Devil’s Playground” among the great directorial debuts. Few films are so achingly corporeal. Schepisi, who also wrote the picture, keeps us tuned in to … Continue reading →

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Quiz o’ th’ Day

Posted on August 2, 2020 by

Fenster writes: John Holdren was Obama’s Science Czar, In 1977 he, along with Paul Ehrlich and Anne Ehrlich, authored a textbook on population and the environment. In it they address options for involuntary fertility control. Most of these are methods … Continue reading →

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