11 public reviews
The Fade Out★ 5.5
Ed Brubaker
Somehow under and over written. Ticks the tropes. Totally fine for immersion in pastiche 40s noir
Played in Germany★ 6.0
Holden, Kit
Decent look at how football reflects Germany’s political, social, and cultural history before the 2024 euros. Often feels underwritten though
Jonathan Wilson
Daft history and thorough before it reaches more recent history where the narrative juice dries up, which seems to mirror the richness of current football narratives, possibly
The Expendable Man★ 6.5
Dorothy B. Hughes
Solid outing. Plot has an early surprise but then sort of chugs along lines you expect. It does hold the tension well though. A more typical mid century noir but quite different to Hughes’s In a Lonely Place
The Drowned World★ 6.5
J. G. Ballard
Solid intro into Ballard’s general ideas of protagonist resisting/beginning to learn about slightly mad world to then embracing it. An eco-disaster world that feels incredibly tangible even 60 years later
Plunderphonics★ 6.0
Matthew Blackwell
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Val Wilmer
Great look at the political and social context of avant garde jazz in the late 50s through to late 70s