Michael Washburn, Author at Book and Film Globe

Saturday, November 28, 2020

CREATORS Writers

Channelling the Unknowable

November 12, 2020November 16, 2020 Michael Washburn 3 Comments H.P. Lovecraft, Ramsey Campbell, The Searching Dead

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

CLASSICS FILM

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

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

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

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Writers

The Strange Fate of Jordan Peterson

October 15, 2020November 18, 2020 Michael Washburn 266 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?

CLASSICS FILM

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

FICTION

Don DeLillo Breaks The Silence

September 23, 2020September 30, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Cosmpolis, David Cronenberg, Don DeLillo, Midnight in Dostoyevsky, The Body Artist, Time To Destination

Should a revered author be speaking at this point in his long career?

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION NON-FICTION

I Went to a Book Fair During the Pandemic…In Lisbon

September 14, 2020September 20, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments António Lobo Antunes, Book Expo, Feira do Livro, Frankfurt Book Fair, João Tordo, Jose Saramago, Lisbon, Livros do Brasil

Portugal’s annual literary event, Feira do Livro, carries on as others fold

COMICS FILM

Is There Going to be an ‘Alpha Flight’ Movie?

September 9, 2020 Michael Washburn 3 Comments Alpha Flight, Aurora, Guardian, John Byrne, Northstar, Sasquatch, Smart Alec, Vindicator, Wolverine

80s kids want to know

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

Powell’s Books Takes a Stand

September 2, 2020September 4, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments ABA, Amazon, Bevis, Chatwin Books, Powell's, Skylight Books, The Strand

Portland indie giant will no longer sell on Amazon

TELEVISION

‘Lovecraft Country’: Not Very Lovecraftian

August 16, 2020October 18, 2020 Michael Washburn 45 Comments Courtney B. Vance, J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Majors, Jordan Peele, Jurnee Smollett, Lovecraft Country, Michael Kenneth Williams, Misha Green, S.T. Joshi

HBO’s exciting and scary new series seems to miss the point of Lovecraft’s work

CREATORS Remembrance Writers

Pete Hamill, RIP

August 7, 2020August 11, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Diego Rivera, Jackie Onassis, Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, New York Post, Pete Hamill, Shirley MacLaine, The Insider, Weldon Kees

Memories and mysteries of one of the greatest American journalists

FICTION NON-FICTION

Stranger Than Fiction

July 31, 2020August 10, 2020 Michael Washburn 1 Comment Bookselling, COVID-19

Months into the pandemic, indie booksellers grapple with the challenges of reopening

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION Writers

‘Papa’ Was A Rolling Stone

July 21, 2020July 22, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway Hoax, Joe Haldeman, Lillian Ross, Portrait of Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises

A birthday appreciation of Ernest Hemingway, whose work has relevance in today’s pandemic

CREATORS Writers

Memories of the Lovecraft Wars

July 2, 2020August 8, 2020 Michael Washburn 18 Comments Cthulhu, H.P. Lovecraft, Lovecraft, S.T. Joshi, World Fantasy Awards

The cancellation of the Lovecraft World Fantasy Award statuette prefigured today’s culture battles

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