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Charles Arrowsmith

Reviews • Features • Criticism

Review: The Siege by Ben Macintyre (Washington Post)

Sep 20, 2024

Review: The Siege by Ben Macintyre (Washington Post)

Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Washington Post)

Sep 2, 2024

Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Washington Post)

Review: What Can We Learn from the Founding Fathers? (Washington Post)

Jul 4, 2024

Review: What Can We Learn from the Founding Fathers? (Washington Post)

Review: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne (LA Times)

Films & Television

Jun 10, 2024

Review: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne (LA Times)

Review: Four Books for Pride Month (Washington Post)

Jun 8, 2024

Review: Four Books for Pride Month (Washington Post)

Review: Thorn Tree by Max Ludington (LA Times)

Apr 13, 2024

Review: Thorn Tree by Max Ludington (LA Times)

Review: Change by Édouard Louis (Washington Post)

Mar 6, 2024

Review: Change by Édouard Louis (Washington Post)

Review: The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella (LA Times)

Feb 26, 2024

Review: The Bloodied Nightgown by Joan Acocella (LA Times)

Review: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Washington Post)

Jan 8, 2024

Review: You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue (Washington Post)

Review: A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel (Boston Globe)

Oct 25, 2023

Review: A Memoir of My Former Self by Hilary Mantel (Boston Globe)

Review: Blackouts by Justin Torres (Washington Post)

Oct 12, 2023

Review: Blackouts by Justin Torres (Washington Post)

Review: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger (LA Times)

Oct 6, 2023

Review: Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger (LA Times)

Review: The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Washington Post)

Sep 13, 2023

Review: The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Washington Post)

Review: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Peter Moore (Washington Post)

Jun 30, 2023

Review: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Peter Moore (Washington Post)

Review: Four New History Books (Washington Post)

May 24, 2023

Review: Four New History Books (Washington Post)

Review: The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor (Boston Globe)

May 18, 2023

Review: The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor (Boston Globe)

Review: Berlin by Bea Setton (Washington Post)

May 16, 2023

Review: Berlin by Bea Setton (Washington Post)

Essay: Dante by Thomas Adès and the LA Phil (Nonesuch Records)

Apr 21, 2023

Essay: Dante by Thomas Adès and the LA Phil (Nonesuch Records)

Review: Flux by Jinwoo Chong (Washington Post)

Mar 22, 2023

Review: Flux by Jinwoo Chong (Washington Post)

Feature: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining—An Interview with Lee Unkrich (LA Times)

Mar 17, 2023

Feature: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining—An Interview with Lee Unkrich (LA Times)

Opinion: The Oscars 2022 (The Independent)

Films & Television

Mar 13, 2023

Opinion: The Oscars 2022 (The Independent)

Review: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis (LA Times)

Jan 11, 2023

Review: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis (LA Times)

Review: A Left-Handed Woman by Judith Thurman (LA Times)

Nov 29, 2022

Review: A Left-Handed Woman by Judith Thurman (LA Times)

Perspective: Proust’s death, 100 years ago, was an ending but not the end (Washington Post)

Nov 17, 2022

Perspective: Proust’s death, 100 years ago, was an ending but not the end (Washington Post)

Review: Stay True by Hua Hsu (Washington Post)

Oct 4, 2022

Review: Stay True by Hua Hsu (Washington Post)

Review: The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt (LA Times)

Sep 30, 2022

Review: The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt (LA Times)

Review: A Woman's Battles and Transformations by Édouard Louis (LA Times)

Aug 11, 2022

Review: A Woman's Battles and Transformations by Édouard Louis (LA Times)

Review: Either/Or by Elif Batuman (Washington Post)

May 24, 2022

Review: Either/Or by Elif Batuman (Washington Post)

Review: The Palace Papers by Tina Brown (LA Times)

Apr 25, 2022

Review: The Palace Papers by Tina Brown (LA Times)

Opinion: The Oscars 2021 (The Independent)

Films & Television

Mar 28, 2022

Opinion: The Oscars 2021 (The Independent)

Review: Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood (Washington Post)

Feb 26, 2022

Review: Burning Questions by Margaret Atwood (Washington Post)

Review: Home/Land by Rebecca Mead (LA Times)

Feb 9, 2022

Review: Home/Land by Rebecca Mead (LA Times)

Review: Small World by Jonathan Evison (Washington Post)

Jan 21, 2022

Review: Small World by Jonathan Evison (Washington Post)

Review: The Making of Incarnation by Tom McCarthy (Washington Post)

Nov 15, 2021

Review: The Making of Incarnation by Tom McCarthy (Washington Post)

Review: Will by Will Smith (Washington Post)

Nov 8, 2021

Review: Will by Will Smith (Washington Post)

Review: The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard (LA Times)

Sep 22, 2021

Review: The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard (LA Times)

Review: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino (Washington Post)

Jun 29, 2021

Review: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino (Washington Post)

Review: Double Blind by Edward St. Aubyn (Washington Post)

Jun 11, 2021

Review: Double Blind by Edward St. Aubyn (Washington Post)

Review: Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare (Washington Post)

Apr 30, 2021

Review: Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare (Washington Post)

Opinion: The Oscars 2020 (The Independent)

Films & Television

Apr 26, 2021

Opinion: The Oscars 2020 (The Independent)

Review: Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan (Washington Post)

Mar 31, 2021

Review: Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan (Washington Post)

Review: The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone (Washington Post)

Mar 29, 2021

Review: The Beauty of Living Twice by Sharon Stone (Washington Post)

Review: Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (Washington Post)

Feb 9, 2021

Review: Let Me Tell You What I Mean by Joan Didion (Washington Post)

Review: In the Land of the Cyclops by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Washington Post)

Jan 13, 2021

Review: In the Land of the Cyclops by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Washington Post)

Books of 2020

Jan 2, 2021

Books of 2020

Review: Feline Philosophy by John Gray (Washington Post)

Nov 24, 2020

Review: Feline Philosophy by John Gray (Washington Post)

Feature: Paul Thomas Anderson (Washington Post)

Oct 22, 2020

Feature: Paul Thomas Anderson (Washington Post)

Review: 150 Glimpses of the Beatles by Craig Brown (Washington Post)

Oct 15, 2020

Review: 150 Glimpses of the Beatles by Craig Brown (Washington Post)

Review: Endland by Tim Etchells (Washington Post)

May 18, 2020

Review: Endland by Tim Etchells (Washington Post)

Review: Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman (Washington Post)

Mar 24, 2020

Review: Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman (Washington Post)

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