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  • The Ramen Dream

    The Ramen Dream

    I started having the ramen dream, I am fairly sure, during the pandemic. If not, it would have started fairly close-to. Certainly, I was having the ramen dream sometime after the second time I visited Japan, in March/April 2019. Equally certainly, before the ramen dream, I would have told you that recurring dreams were the…

  • Blu-ray Review: Into THE INLAND SEA With Donald Richie

    Blu-ray Review: Into THE INLAND SEA With Donald Richie

    Criterion devours its own tail with a movie based on a book based on a trip by a critic who has provided a lot of Criterion commentaries.

  • The Toy Report: 2017

    The Toy Report: 2017

    I don’t think I’ve enjoyed collecting this much in over a decade. I may honestly have taken it a bit too far; new job, new outlook on life, living high on the hog and buying every goddamn thing I set my eyes on. I cancelled a few pre-orders; re-sold a few things that showed up…