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XIV. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Shubun (Scandal) [1950] (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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Innovation and Poetry — Brad Leithauser
Marianne Moore has my vote for the Most Exciting of 20th-century American poets. This would be an award related to but distinct from Most Painfully Underrated (John Crowe Ransom) or Most Consistently Splendid (Elizabeth…
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This Just In . . . Congratulations to Dr. Yehoshua Freundlich and Mr. Khader Salameh Archivists of the Year
We get a lot of announcements in our in-box and can't post them all but this one stood out: On January 25, the Scone Foundation will present its Archivist of the Year Award. This…
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Much Depends on Dinner: Cooking with Jeanne McCulloch and Charlotte
I met Jeanne (above left, with daughter Charlotte) through David, who met her during her decade-long tenure as managing editor of The Paris Review. In addition to being a gracious and generous cook and host, …
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XIII. The 30 Films of Akira Kurosawa: Shizukanaru ketto (The Quiet Duel) [1949] (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…
