Eight years ago, Ryyan Alshebl “was part of the historic influx of refugees who crossed the Mediterranean Sea by dinghy and trekked the continent on foot . . . Now he is the new mayor of Ostelsheim , a village of 2,700 people and tidily kept streets nestled in the rolling hills near the Black Forest in southwestern Germany.” ( The New York Times , 5/28/23)
“Wim Wenders’ latest documentary Anselm offers a mesmerizing, cinematic catalogue of German painter-sculptor Anselm Kiefer’s deeply tactile, maximalist oeuvre.” Plus, it was shot in 3D and 6K-resolution. ( The Guardian , 5/17/23; The Hollywood Reporter , 5/18/23)
Critical praise for Endless Flight: The Life of Joseph Roth : “Keiron Pim’s elegant, detailed and judicious biography is the first comprehensive English-language introduction to an author whose astonishing literary talent consistently overrode the careless failures, debacles and staggering afflictions of his life .” ( Times Literary Supplement , 10/7/22; Los Angeles Review of Books , 12/24/22)