Charles Taylor is the author of Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American ’70s. He lives in New York.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Nations of One and “Tokyo Olympiad”
Charles Taylor reviews the restoration and Blu-ray release of the 1965 documentary “Tokyo Olympiad,” centered on the 1964 Olympics....
Impervious to Ideology: Mary Gaitskill’s “This Is Pleasure”
Charles Taylor reviews “This Is Pleasure,” the new novella from Mary Gaitskill....
Big Town, Big Talk: On “Motherless Brooklyn”
Charles Taylor explores the historical and cinematic resonances of Edward Norton’s adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s novel, “Motherless Brooklyn.”...
In Defiance of Staying in One’s Lane: On Edna O’Brien’s “Girl”
Charles Taylor is moved by Edna O’Brien’s new novel, “Girl.”...
Lost and Found
Charles Taylor marvels over "Amazing Grace."...
Christian Petzold’s Anti-Speculative Fiction
"Transit" offers the unreassuring thrill of a reasonable, intelligent person having the nerve to say, clearly, just how bad he thinks things are....
Freddie Outside the Bronx: Frederic Tuten’s “My Young Life”
Reading Frederic Tuten's "My Young Life," you’re aware of just how easily this might have been a dilettante’s memoir....
Melancholy Dane: Sigrid Nunez’s “The Friend”
Charles Taylor catches up with "The Friend" by Sigrid Nunez....
It Takes Two: “Shadowbahn” by Steve Erickson
Charles Taylor on Steve Erickson's "Shadowbahn."...
A Man in Himself Is a City: Jim Jarmusch’s “Paterson”
Charles Taylor visits Jim Jarmusch's "Paterson."...
Overlooked, Again
Charles Taylor reviews Tom Jones's autobiography....
Shoe Leather: On “Spotlight”
For writer-director McCarthy and his co-writer Singer, "Spotlight" is a leap in terms of scale and depth....
Answers No One Wants to Hear
Charles Taylor reviews Michel Houellebecq's "Submission."...
On the Hoof, On the Barrel: “On Prime Cut”
"Prime Cut" is a sardonic report from the battle to define what America was and who it was for....
Bebop/Silence: On Hickey & Boggs
"The final irony of Hickey & Boggs is that this movie about isolation and displacement is an affirmation of a real-life partnership."...
Three the Hard Way: The Return of Sleater-Kinney
On Sleater-Kinney’s legacy upon the release of their vinyl boxset, "Start Together."...
Eight Arms to Hold You
On 'A Hard Day's Night'...
Let Me Whisper in Your Ear
On the mysterious Lewis...
Support Your Local Wussy
The sad transcendence of Wussy's 'blue-collar bohemianism'...
Escape Artist
Charles Taylor reviews Johnny Moncada’s unseen photographs of Veruschka, the timeless model from the 1960s....
Meryl Streep’s Hunger Games
I KNOW OF A COUPLE that has harmoniously chosen movies to watch together for years by following some very simple rules. ...
Atmosphere for Lovers and Thieves: Leos Carax’s “Mauvais sang”
French director Leos Carax’s 1986 “Mauvais sang”...
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