Twelve Angry Men
Among the best and truest "talkies" ever made. Bless Lumet.
The Flavor Of Wind
You decide to tell her about the flavor of wind. How it descends from lapses but defers to hope.
Anterior Half
Forget the pope. Ignore Zyklon B’s pungent legacy. That history doesn’t speak to you. Nor does the European red mite.
Resistance
Owen Sheers adds another entry into "what-if-the-Nazis-had-won" literature. But his Welsh pastoral spins its wheels.
Know Nothings
American reporters could be duped because they lacked the intuitive intelligence to keep them from wholesale sycophancy.
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
César Aira's astounding novella lives in a supernatural genre that brings magical realism to heel.
In the Cut
Susanna Moore's erotic serial killer story is razor-sharp, well-observed, and utterly nefarious.
The Uses of Enchantment
Far too much therapy and much too little magic in Julavit's labored exploration of both.
After Dark
Another entry in Murakami's lifelong one-night-stand, with girls, gangsters, and the graveyard shift.
Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine
"If Yahweh is a man of war, Allah is a suicide bomber," writes Harold Bloom — and there's more.
Attack Of The Wolf Peaches
The tomato is a relative newcomer to the Mediterranean peninsula. It had to fend off generations of diffidence and distrust.