The mystery of geniusMy review of Mary V. Dearborn's Ernest Hemingway: A Biography, concerning perhaps the greatest American writer of the 20th century.
Big box o' PepperMy review of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – the album, and the new Super Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition – is up at Critics at...
A core of powerAt Critics at Large, my reconsideration of a problematic, important film, in which the question is asked: What does Rod Steiger have to...
Girl powerAt Critics at Large, my appreciation of a longtime favorite film, The World of Henry Orient – and the equally fine novel that inspired it.
Obscure and beautiful factsAt Critics at Large: my review of Paul La Farge's new novel, The Night Ocean, concerning H.P. Lovecraft, pseudocide, and the stories that...
"A strange and distasteful project"At Critics at Large, my review of Gay Talese’s The Voyeur’s Motel, concerning a curious (in both senses) Colorado gentleman who spied on...
Things went downAt Critics at Large, my review of Joel Selvin’s Altamont, concerning the worst day in the history of a certain speedway.
