It's true, After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema is Kirkus Reviews, and it's both humbling and wonderful. Kind of emotional too. Now, whether a grief memoir can be overstuffed is well worth discussing, and trust, if you want to discuss it, I'm so here for it. Otherwise, you can check out the full review here and get a longer sneak preview below. Cool? Indeed.
"The film, Tanzer writes, is “about grief—how it never goes away, and how we adapt to loss by simultaneously embracing it and pushing through it.” Tanzer derives added resonance from After Hours, not just because he has spent much of his life working 9 to 5—happily, in his case—but also because he remains plagued by grief over his father, who died more than 20 years ago at age 59. In this heartfelt reminiscence, Tanzer writes about the passion for movies he shared with his cinephile parents, who took him to After Hours and other art-house fare when he was young, and the ways in which that film has helped him grapple with loss."