World Arts Review

Sidney Olcott | Little Old New York - irish blarney goes dutch treat by Douglas Messerli Luther Reed (screenplay based on the play by Rida Johnson Young), Sidney Olcott (director) *Little Ol...

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez | Brian Knappenberger (director) / 2020 [documentary film] - a shock to the system by Douglas Messerli Brian Knappenberger (director) *The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez */ 2020 For the last couple of days, sidelined...

Douglas Messerli | "The Redeeming Word" (on Ludwig Wittgenstein's Private Notebooks 1914-1916, edited and translated by Marjorie Perloff) - the redeeming word by Douglas Messerli Ludwig Wittgenstein *Private Notebooks 1914-1916*, Edited and Translated by Marjorie Perloff (New York: Liveri...

"A Werldly Country: Ilse Aichinger's Prose Poems" | essay by Uljana Wolf || "Bad Words" and "Hemlin" | two short pieces by Ilse Aichinger - A Werldly Country: Ilse Aichinger’s Prose Poems by Uljana Wolf When Hans Werner Richter—initiator of the “Gruppe 47” meetings which helped shape much...

Douglas Messerli | "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (on Paul Sand's The Pilot Who Crashed the Party) - the man who fell to earth by Douglas Messerli Paul Sand (writer and director) *The Pilot Who Crashed the Party */ Odyssey Theatre, April 28, 2022 Come...

Douglas Messerli | "A Man of Many Masks" (on Elsa Flores Almaraz and Richard Montoya's film Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire) - a man of many masks Elsa Flores Almaraz and Richard Montoya (writers and directors) *Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire */ 2019 In reviewing the LGBTQ...

Douglas Messerli | "The Missing" (on Don Skiles' Across the Street fromt he Ordinary) - the missing by Douglas Messerli Don Skiles *Across the Street from the Ordinary *(Claremont, California: Pelekinesis,2020) A blurb for Don Skiles’ previo...