classics

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Evoking classics of the ‘60s and ’70s Latin American boom, the novel is sensual and darkly comic, suffused with the sense that, as Arias writes, “fate was a cruel, playful thing.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In defending the inviolable status of Hollywood classics, Siskel and Ebert were taking a stand against messing with cultural artifacts.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

He knew people would want 24-hour movies, great ones, classics, but silly ones too, because silly is part of life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

But while other classics come and go and jockey for position, a reliable fixture among the top 10—for the past four polls and 34 years—has been “Tokyo Story” by Yasujirō Ozu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

I argued that a year of classics could only bolster and enrich this now highly desirable course of study in English Literature.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt