Reviews

Falling in Love with “The Romantics”

I will remember Pankaj Mishra’s Indian memoir, in the quiet hours on New Year’s cusp, the abyss edge of the Donroe Doctrine.

Jan 6 • Susie Bright

One for the Money, Two for the Show - My Favorite Xmas Film, and the Absolute Worst

I’d like to share, all wrapped in a bow, the Christmas movie that touched me like few others: Tangerine.

Dec 22, 2025 • Susie Bright

Susie’s Movie Awards: The 12 Who Will Stand the Test of Time

Film critics in America are flapping our dodo bird wings this last month of the year, and championing our darlings in cinema excellence.

Dec 17, 2025 • Susie Bright

Behind the Scenes of “The Celluloid Closet”

Remembering Vito Russo, with Love - Susie Live in Ithaca NY

Dec 10, 2025 • Susie Bright

3:44

The Most Realistic Book Club in the World

State of the Art in English-Language Pleasure Reading

Dec 9, 2025 • Susie Bright

If Music Be the Food of Love, Play On

What We Listened to the Past Year, with Feeling

Dec 4, 2025 • Susie Bright

Let’s Twist Again Like We Did Last Year

Our readers (with extremely good taste) named the books, movies, and music they are likely to return to this winter

Nov 27, 2025 • Susie Bright

Brian Evenson: What We Talk About When We Talk About Raymond Carver

When I was producing audiobooks in the early 00s, when audio went digital and fever was in the air, every so often I got to produce the entire catalog…

Nov 13, 2025 • Susie Bright

Susie interviews David Cronenberg: Sex, Violence, & “Crash”

Accidents will happen. The director of “Crash” talks about gender-bending, propaganda, and the sexual iconography of the Edsel

Oct 28, 2025 • Susie Bright

Susie’s Interview with the late Gunnar Hansen: Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The most charming actor I’ve ever interrogated

Oct 16, 2025 • Susie Bright

25:15

Whom I’m Reading Like My Life Depends on It

How to “Replace Your Soul” if It Comes to That - a parable from the war

Sep 23, 2025 • Susie Bright

The Gloria Steinem Doc Broke My Head in Two

+ Bill Vollman’s Last Word, Dubious Sex Statistics, Adrian McKinty Has “Nothing” to Say, and How to Be Suitably Banned in Edmonton, Atwood-style

Sep 4, 2025 • Susie Bright

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