Author: Charlie Bertsch

When it comes to music journalism, Charlie Bertsch has few peers. An authority on everything from German punk to Moroccan Gnawa, Bertsch is at home in nearly every conceivable genre.  Not all cr …

End of Story makes a case for the importance of feature-length films at a time when they are in danger of being rendered obsolete.  Young people supposedly lack the attention span to watch them …

"What have I in common with Jews? I hardly have anything in common with myself!"–Franz Kafka Kafka’s quip–paradoxical, self-questioning, ironic–highlights vividly some of the key issues …