B.S. Johnson’s THE UNFORTUNATES (Year of the Month)
…how can I place his order, his disintegration? Let’s tell a story: You’re a struggling young…
Year Of The Month – The Wild Bunch
The people who believe that Peckinpah and The Wild Bunch are exclusively pro-violence, that the…
Year of the Month: Eddie & the Cruisers
“There were so many things I wanted to say to him, so many questions…
Futurama, Season Seven
Last season, I divided between the Worst, the Skippable, and the Masterpieces, which I think…
Dissolve On (Best of 2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…
THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA (Year of the Month)
Was there a more consistent source of humor for Soviet artists in the 1920s than the…
KWAIDAN (Year of the Month)
Japan was the best thing that ever happened to Lafcadio Hearn. The half-Irish, Greek-born, London-educated…
New on DVD and Blu-Ray
Not a great week for new releases, with the best ones of the bunch (other…
Year of Last Month: Miller on Pere Ubu’s The Modern Dance and Dub Housing
ED. NOTE: From the archives (AKA my email inbox), the-solute.com proudly presents one last look…
Towards a book as big as the world: LIFE A USER’S MANUAL (Year of the Month)
A few years ago, while in Paris, I went on a pilgrimage to find a…