Jonathan Manczur

Literature: No Exit

Hell may be other people, but there is no limbo like the purgatory of The Lost Signals.

Film & TV: A Separation

A dramatic tale dealing with the repercussions of divorce, Alzheimer’s, and pushing people down the stairs.

Score: 10

Film & TV: The Dead Don’t Die

Remember, the second best Bill Murray zombie film is still the first loser.
Aggregate Score: 6.5

Film & TV: Stream-thology

The TLS crew gathers around the fireplace to reminisce about the good old days of anthology series and whether these new-fangled, stream-driven anthologies can compete. What sad old-men they are…

Philosophy & Narrative: Bahktin and Discourse in the Novel

Our exploration into narrative turns to selections on why novels are not poems.

Reading: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~carlos/607/readings/bakhtin.pdf

Film & TV: Gigli

Well… Green Book won Best Picture. Here’s Gigli.

[Aggregate score 2.25]

Philosophy & Narrative: Propp & Morphology of the Folktale

TLS returns to its proper, formalistic roots with a discussion of Russian folktales via selections from Propp’s Morphology of the Folktale.  Enjoy?