Fict: Katherine Dolan's blog

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Eileen Jones’s Cinematic Life

Few film critics writing today are as educated, prolific, or funny as Dr. Eileen Jones. A co-host with Dr. Dolores McElroy of the weekly podcast Filmsuck and the author of hundreds of articles about film and TV, notably for the left-wing periodical Jacobin, she is the film critic par excellence of the “age of crap cinema”. One of the most...

Borges’ City

"My soul is in the streets/ of Buenos Aires."  ("The Streets")     Reading Borges’ poetry for the first time in Buenos Aires is an interesting experience...

Buenos Aires, Sunday Central

Rain arrived on Sunday, creating perfect conditions for a long run. I particularly wanted to see the Parque Natural y Reserva Ecologica Costanera Sur,...

The Pleasure Palace of Venaria

'Sweet boy,' she says, 'this night I'll waste in sorrow, For my sick heart commands mine eyes to watch. Tell me, Love's master, shall we meet...