Arthur Hoyle

In The Use of Photography, the Nobel Prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux, following up on her recent book, The Young Man, continues her reporting of transient love affairs wi

“a story of astonishing self-indulgence and greed by France’s tiny, privileged nobility at the expense of the subjects of the realm.”

“Jowitt has given us . . . a useful reference source for scholars, dance professionals, and devoted followers of Martha Graham.”

“Herzog has a mystical sense of truth as a form of knowing that cannot be put into words. It can only be experienced.

“Can we recover our lost enchantment with the natural world before it turns on us?”

“madness can be both a teacher and a scourge, can be transformative, can place us in the company of visionaries like William Blake as well as the residents of Bedlam.”

Joyce Chopra was part of a wave of women filmmakers who came to Hollywood in the ‘70s and ’80s, bringing with them fresh viewpoints and human stories.

Here is a beautiful book that belongs in the library of every lover of literature and every lover of fine portrait photography.

Plagues and epidemics, in various forms, have been a feature of recorded human history for over 3000 years.

“a page-turning account that penetrates the character of a most exceptional human being who was both a product of his age and an astute observer of its mores.”

As the book’s subtitle indicates, Camera Man is not a conventional birth-to-death narrative of the life of Buster Keaton.

“Lost in the Valley of Death is a disturbing book that leaves you with a sense of wonder and a sense of unease. It’s a book that is not easy to put down.”

James Ivory, now 93 and no longer making films, is one of the most distinguished American filmmakers of the last half-century.

“The Hero myth—the drive to seek safety, control and power over the Earth—that has powered Western capitalism and civilization has gone too far.

“Anyone who has walked even a short section of the Appalachian Trail or the Pacific Crest Trail has stepped into this dimension, which is nature’s gift to the human soul.”

“There is more to say about war than it is just bad.”

                                                  —Stanley Kubrick

“To be born in the street means to wander all your life, to be free. It means accident and incident, drama, movement. It means above all dream . . .”

—Henry Miller