Category Archives: Film

What Could Have Been

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

This video may make some folks uncomfortable, but it reflects the reality of what could have been. NB: If the video does not open in your browser, please click here.  

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Endless Winter

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

“What am I doing here in this endless winter” Franz Kafka, Diaries The chilling, but gorgeous video below is Jamie Scott’s third seasonal time-lapse film and the second collaboration with composer Jim Perkins. It is the culmination of 5 years … Continue reading →

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American Fiction

Posted on February 1, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

I have been looking forward to the release of the Oscar-nominated film American Fiction. Based on the Percival Everett novel Erasure it stars the great American actor Jeffrey Wright. One scene from the movie was filmed in the Boston bookstore Brookline Booksmith and the shop staff … Continue reading →

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A Slice of Life

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

For decades there was one thing that all New Yorkers could rally around: the dollar slice of pizza. It has been a given that one could depend on a tasty and inexpensive slice of New York-style pizza in all five … Continue reading →

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Paris with Eugène Atget

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

While searching for early Paris photographs for a project, I ran across the marvelous video below. The short film pairs the images by the pioneering street photographer Eugène Atget with the music of Wim Mertens. NB: If the video fails … Continue reading →

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Airport Lost and Found

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Have you ever experienced that sinking feeling when your luggage failed to appear on the airport carousel ? Or have you ever reached your destination and realized that you left your headphones or other valuables in the airline seat pocket … Continue reading →

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Darkness Visible

Posted on January 23, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

I recently read Nick Harkaway’s exciting novel Titanium Noir. The blurb above is a better recommendation for the book than any review that I could ever post. If you haven’t read Harkaway, it’s not a bad place to start. After reading the … Continue reading →

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Middle Earth Obsession

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Like many Travel Between The Pages readers, I’m a big J.R.R.Tolkien fan. I can date my interest in Middle Earth back to a bit of graffiti that I saw on a wall in New York City’s Greenwich Village neighborhood when … Continue reading →

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Public Domain Hijinks

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

By now you have probably seen dozens of news stories and blog posts (including mine) about the intellectual property that entered the Public Domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. Every article invariably highlighted the freeing of the … Continue reading →

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For the love of literacy

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Martin Murillo operates a book cart mobile library in the city of Cartagena in Colombia. He used to be a street vendor, selling water and soft drinks, but nowadays the cart serves as a mobile library : La Carreta Literaria. He … Continue reading →

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