It’s time for The Usonian’s end-of-year post—in which I discuss 2022 newsletter highlights and name my favorite film, book, and TV series of the year… read it here.
To my readers, thanks so much for following another year of the newsletter. They go by fast.
For The Brooklyn Rail, I reviewed Karen Han’s new book, “Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema.” The book is a fascinating glimpse into the background of the Oscar-winning “Parasite” director’s filmography and process.
In the same issue, you can also find an amusing list of films—you may have heard of the new Sight and Sound list of the greatest films in history, but have you heard of The Brooklyn Rail’s “Greatest Films You’ll Never See”?
It was fun to participate in this list of classic (but nearly impossible to watch) films!
I’m honored to have my review of Melissa Anderson’s book Inland Empire (2021) quoted by The Daily, the official blog of the Criterion Collection.
Check out my review of Inland Empire (and the David Lynch film of the same name) in the November issue of The Brooklyn Rail.
Melissa Anderson’s new book Inland Empire reinterprets David Lynch’s most inscrutable film by examining the director’s collaborations with Laura Dern.
Read my review of the book and the eponymous film in the November issue of The Brooklyn Rail.
Thanks for reading!
Tomorrow, Friday, October 29, marks the cinematic release of A Mouthful of Air, a moving film about an important subject by my friend Amy Koppelman.
It’s a challenging film, but eminently worthwhile, and I’m honored to have been involved in a small part of its production.
Learn more about AMOA in the latest issue of my newsletter, and please support this film if you can be safe at the movie theater.
Harrison Blackman 