The Beautiful, Weird World of Japan’s Answer to David Lynch
If home is where the heart is, House (1977) is where the mind unravels. The…
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Movie Nights are the New Cocktail Parties: Here’s 50 Films to Gather Around
Keep the guest list cozy, say 10 or under, but make an event out of…
The Lost Art of Hollywood’s Kaleidoscopic Fever Dreams
Gather ‘round, cinema enthusiasts, because it’s time to tip our top hats to one of…
Vintage Pocket Guides to Syria & Beyond for the WW II American Soldier
As someone who writes a guide about the city of Paris and searches for off-beat travel, I can relate to the language of pocket guides. I guess you could say it’s kinda my thing. But what if I wasn’t writing for the leisurely wanderer? What if instead, I was writing for a young, newly-enlisted soldier headed off to war […]
The Factory Girl who Became an Art Deco Ceramics Sensation
When English ceramic artist Clarice Cliff first started designing pottery in the 1920s, her work…
Overnight at the Prime Minister’s Library & other Bookshop Hotels
If you’d rather camp outside than stay in a soulless hotel chain on holiday, join the…
An Educational Haven at Harlem’s Little Black Book Shop turned B&B
Kurt Thometz’s bookshop was not the norm. Harlem’s white-owned all-Black bookstore almost seemed like a…
Meet Hemingway’s Last Secret Love
Honestly, I just can’t keep up with you old Hem! In a new book, written…
Reviving the Abandoned ‘Life of Pi’ Art Deco Pool in Paris
If you ever got around to watching Life of Pi you might recall the hero of the film,…
How to Introduce Agnès Varda to the Next Generation
Agnès Varda throughout her career was seen as belonging to the older generation. A pioneering…
Now That Is How You Write a Love Letter
They met in Paris in 1932. Both already married, American novelist Henry Miller and Franco-American…
How Did We Forget the First Movie Star?
Picture this: it’s the early 1900s, the silent film era is still just finding its…