Daily Archives: October 20, 2021

War and Peace – Sergei Bondarchuk (1967)

“The movies now give us an ‘epic’ nearly every week of the year. Digital technology, corporate budgets and the public’s own current thirst for shallow escapism have paved the way for visions both ludicrous and wondrous. … But what do … Continue reading

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A Schuyler of urgent concern

James Schuyler in Calais, VT, late 1960s. Photo by Joe Brainard. “Just a little more than twenty years after his death, James Schuyler seems to be doing well, thank you. The bulk of his work is in print (his collected … Continue reading

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