Michael Washburn, Author at Book and Film Globe

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Allen v. Farrow

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM

One-Sided HBO Documentary Convicts Woody Allen

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Allen v. Farrow, Amy Ziering, Dylan Farrow, Harvey Weinstein, Kirby Dick, Manhattan, Mia Farrow, Roman Polanski, Ronan Farrow, Soon-Yi Previn, Woody Allen

Film about abuse charges doesn’t pretend to be impartial

Bookshop

FICTION NON-FICTION

The Little Bookshop That Could (Or Couldn’t)

February 9, 2021February 18, 2021 Michael Washburn 3 Comments Amazon, Capitol Hill Books, Cavalier House Books, City Lights Bookstore, Elizabeth's Bookshops, Gilbert Jeune, LivreMoi, Malvern Books, Octavia Books, Owl's Nest Books, Powell's, Red Kangaroo Books, The Strand, Under the Silver Tree

Loyal customers rush to help indie booksellers in the time of COVID-19, but the real existential menace looms

Karl Edward Wagner

CREATORS DOCUMENTARY FICTION FILM Writers

The Tragedy of Karl Edward Wagner

January 28, 2021February 2, 2021 Michael Washburn 5 Comments Dennis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner, Peter Straub, Ramsey Campbell, Robert E. Howard, S.T. Joshi, The Last Wolf

Documentary explores the decline of a cult horror and fantasy writer

Murakami

CREATORS FICTION Writers

The Empathy of Haruki Murakami

January 19, 2021January 29, 2021 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Haruki Murakami, Ozamu Dazi, Yasunari Kawabata, Yukio Mishima

Japan’s most famous writer looks at the COVID-19 crisis from the viewpoint of ordinary people

Strangers on a Train

‘Strangers on a Train’ Reconsidered

January 7, 2021January 12, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, David Foster Wallace, Farley Granger, Patricia Highsmith, Raymond Chandler, Robert Walker, Strangers on a Train, Tracy Austin

Hitchcock’s strange tale of a rich D.C. psychopath

Sunset Boulevard

The Long Shadow of ‘Sunset Boulevard’

December 30, 2020January 4, 2021 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Andrew Lloyd Webber, Billy Wilder, Gloria Swanson, Judi Dench, Judy, Norma Desmond, Renée Zellweger, Robert DeNiro, Skyfall, Sunset Boulevard, William Holden

In a world that fetishizes youth and beauty, the classic film continues to resonate

Amis

CREATORS FICTION Writers

‘Inside Story’, or is Martin Amis Just Hedging?

December 21, 2020December 24, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Christopher Hitchens, Evelyn Waugh, Inside Story, John Updike, Martin Amis, Philip Larkin, The Whitsun Weddings

Hiding your opinions of famous writers as “fiction” is a cop-out

John le Carré

FICTION FILM Remembrance Writers

John le Carré’s Spies Were the anti-James Bond

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments American Pie, Danielle McDonald, George Smiley, James Bond, John le Carré, No Time To Die, The Looking-Glass War, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

His novels transcended genre

D.B Cooper

DOCUMENTARY FILM

The Hijacker Next Door

December 3, 2020December 7, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments D.B. Cooper, John Dower, The Master of D.B. Cooper

New HBO documentary examines 50 years of the D.B. Cooper mystery

Ramsey Campbell

CREATORS Writers

Channelling the Unknowable

November 12, 2020November 16, 2020 Michael Washburn 5 Comments H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell, The Searching Dead

An interview with Ramsey Campbell, the modern master of weird fiction

Nosferatu

Lessons From Nosferatu

November 9, 2020November 12, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Bram Stoker, Dracula, F.W. Murnau, Max Schreck, Nosferatu

F.W. Murnau’s unauthorized adaptation is the most haunting Dracula film of all

Nicole Krauss

CREATORS FICTION Writers

The Distorted Mirrors of Nicole Krauss

November 2, 2020November 6, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments

A gifted writer perceptive about so many things–except her own class privilege

Houellebecq

CREATORS Writers

Houellebecq Strikes Again

October 27, 2020November 2, 2020 Michael Washburn 3 Comments Interventions 2020, Michel Houellebecq, Platform, Submission, The Elementary Particles

France’s most controversial writer has new book out as nation reels

Jordan Peterson

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Writers

The Strange Fate of Jordan Peterson

October 15, 2020January 12, 2021 Michael Washburn 329 Comments 12 Rules for Life, Dostoyevsky, Jordan Peterson, Jung, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Robert Reich

As the Canadian philosopher gradually emerges from his semi-coma, will society still have use for him?

Dr. Caligari

The Centennial of ‘Dr. Caligari’

September 30, 2020October 6, 2020 Michael Washburn 7 Comments Dr. Caligari, Rebecca Traister, Robert Wiese, Robin DiAngelo, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Robert Wiene’s Expressionist classic has never felt more relevant

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