H is for Hawk

To describe H is for Hawk as a memoir of the period when Helen Macdonald had to come to terms with the death of her father sells it short. It is many other

The Guest Cat

An affecting novel with a simple form and story: a tale told in the first person of a man and his wife who come to love a cat, only to lose it. A

Lou Reed: The Life

Lou Reed: The Life, by Mick Wall, is a book I found by turns frustrating and interesting. About the first quarter of the book is a furious hagiography; furious because the author appears

The Wait/L'Attente/L'atessa

This film is, simply, the most enjoyable art film I have seen in years, and one of the finest I have ever seen. The performance of the principal three actors, especially Binoche and

Lolo

There are a number of things that are unfamiliar to me in this film. For one, I am not in the habit of thinking of Julie Delpy in comedy roles (which probably says