Talking Turkey: Two Films
I admit it. I’ve been on a bender lately reading about Turkey and watching movies made there, or by Turks …
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Three Monkeys – A Film from Turkey
Three Monkeys — the famous three monkeys of not seeing, speaking or hearing– is a sorrowful, long-take, film of domestic …
“Night” by Elie Wiesel — Re-Reading
I’ve been re-reading Eli Wiesel’s ground breaking, terrible, memoir, Night, this last week, along with a niece in 9th grade, …
Distant – a Film from Turkey
I’m going on a trip to Turkey in a couple of months with some dear companions, so we’re doing a …
Passage of Tears – a novel from Djibouti
A returning ex-pat, an espionage mission, a mysterious Islamist counter-intelligence figure locked away in Djibouti’s Devil’s Islands, a palimpsest of letters …
In The Garden of Beasts — a Review
All who have read about, and certainly those who experienced, World War II and Germany’s becoming the vicious murderer of its …
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy– A Short Take
I was not alone in the crowds the other night exiting Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy wondering what it the heck we had missed. …
“Shame” – A Real Shame
I’m going to save you $10 and two hours of your life right here. The movie Shame, with deep pretense …
The Girl in the Cafe — A Short Take
The Girl in the Cafe is one of those wonderful, little-heard of films that you nearly click away from, the …
Götz and Meyer: A Serbian Tale of the Holocaust
David Albahari’s Götz and Meyer is simultaneously a story of horror and shame, and an amazing feat of language and …
To End All Wars: Adam Hochschild
If you’ve ever stood a picket line, leafleted about an unpopular cause, been arrested for civil disobedience, fought and lost against the powerful, …
Anatomy of a Disappearance: A Novel by Hisham Matar
Hisham Matar’s second novel, Anatomy of a Disappearance, easily matches the promise of his first, In The Country of Men, …