Catherine Mintz

Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
The original.

Charles Dickens: Little Dorrit (Everyman's Library)
Dense, slow, satisfying.

Laura Amy Schlitz: A Drowned Maiden's Hair
A good read on a rainy evening.

Umberto Eco: The Name of the Rose
Complicated in ways both good and bad.

Paul Theroux: The Great Railway Bazaar
The worst formatting job I have ever seen from a major publisher. Still a good book.

Haruki Murakami: 1Q84
It has, eventually, sort of a happy ending for some of the characters. Enjoy the ride.

Haruki Murakami: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Two odd worlds intertwine...

Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel
Unique.

China Mieville: Embassytown
One of the year's big SF novels. Reviewed on It's a First Draft.

Chris Adrian: The Great Night: A Novel
A contemporary retelling of A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which unhappy fairies and unhappy humans collide with consequences of all kinds for both.

Catherine Mintz: Ancient Empires

Catherine Mintz: Deltander

Catherine Mintz: Here There Be Strangers (The Beyal Translator)

Catherine Mintz: Listening to Strangers (Book Two of The Beyal Translator)

Catherine Mintz: Listening to Strangers (The Beyal Translator)

Catherine MIntz: Ocean of Dawn (Diaries of the Companionates)

Catherine Mintz: Peacock Dancer

Catherine Mintz: River of Night (Diaries of the Companionates)

Catherine Mintz: Shadowface

Catherine Mintz: Talking to Strangers (The Beyal Translator)

Catherine Mintz: Talking to Strangers (The Beyal Translator)

Catherine Mintz: The Granddaughter's Tale

Catherine Mintz: Tide of Day (Diaries of the Companionates)

Catherine Mintz: Turquoise Jaguar

Catherine Mintz: White Rabbit

Catherine Mintz: Zilbrant the Traitor

Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing
The book that was mined for the short film: spare, and allusive.

Treasure Planet
Visually stunning; a bit weak on plotting: not all classics can be improved.

Curse of the Golden Flower
Wide screen epic.

Travis Tea: Atlanta Nights
A little unique.

Chris Van Allsburg: Zathura
There's another game—and a bad case of sibling rivalry.

Chris Van Allsburg: Jumanji
A boy finds a game that is more than it first appears to be.

Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre: The Complete Collection
Twenty-six well-told stories, many with the chills and thrills of the originals.

Akira (Geneon Signature Series)
The film version of the manga, rich in detail and in gore.

Spirited Away
A lovely film with a wonderful soundtrack. This DVD is multiple language.

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
A BBC series for children, done primarily by Russian animators, using a variety of techniques.

Ayakashi - Samurai Horror Tales, Vol. 3 - Goblin Cat
Among other stories of the supernatural, this introduces the occult detective, The Medicine Seller.

Kiki's Delivery Service
From the people that gave us Spirited Away.

Chris Van Allsburg: The Polar Express
The book.

The Polar Express (Widescreen Edition)
A modern classic developed from the book by Chris Van Allsburg

The Prisoner: The Complete Series Megaset (Collector's Edition)
The complete original series, plus usual sort of extras.

The Golden Compass (New Line Platinum Series Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
The movie of the book. Lovely CGI but, as usual, it scants the plot of the book.

Arthur and the Invisibles (Widescreen Edition)
No longer being manufactured, you can still sometimes pick up a copy, although the version on DVD is much edited compared to the version shown in theaters.

Steamboy - Director's Cut (Widescreen Edition)
Anime steampunk in the director's cut. Lovely animation.

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Two-Disc Special Edition)
The classic black comedy about the cold war, that has an unsettling resemblance to reality.

Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq
A steampunk tale of the famous Frenchman.

1984
A film adaptation of George Orwell's 1984, filmed in the title year and in many of the actual locations mentioned in the novel.

The Anna Russell Album
This album features a dangerously accurate and succinct summary of Wagner's Ring Cycle, among other gems.

Warrior Wisewoman 2
Science fiction stories in which a woman is the principal character; includes "Peacock Dancer," by Catherine Mintz.

Beauty and the Beast
Disney, for better and for worse. Fine animation and score, some weaknesses in the story as it occurs outside the castle.

Opera Imaginaire [VHS]
Splendid animation to assorted songs from opera.