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XVI. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Waga seishun ni kuinashi (No Regrets for our Youth) [1946] (by Lewis Saul)
Ed note: For the next several weeks, composer and film aficionado Lewis Saul has agreed to supply us with in-depth commentary about the films of Akira Kurosawa, now showing in an extended festival at…
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Avraham Sutzkever, July 15, 1913 — January 20, 2010
Avraham Sutzkever,the important Yiddish poet who died last week in Tel Aviv, wrote with a prophet's purity and greatness of heart. He was born in Belarus, but World War I broke out and his…
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Patricia Carlin presents a poem by Phillis Levin
Occasionally Barrow Street publishes a group of poems drawn from a work in progress. For this next-to-last post I’ve selected two sections of “Zeno in the Dark” by Phillis Levin, a five-part poem which…
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Michael O’Keefe, Guest Blogger January 24 – 30
This week we welcome actor, poet, and songwriter Michael O'Keefe as our guest blogger. As an actor, O'Keefe has garnered both Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations. He's appeared in the films Michael Clayton,…
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XV. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Ichiban utsukushiku (The Most Beautiful) [1944] (by Lewis Saul)
Ed note: For the next several weeks, composer and film aficionado Lewis Saul has agreed to supply us with in-depth commentary about the films of Akira Kurosawa, now showing in an extended festival at…
