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The Inconvenient Truth of Women Like Catherine/Cate in "Disclaimer"
Filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón's latest drama says more about societal complicity in maligning successful women than anything else.
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Keri Russell's Current Era is Spy / Diplomat
Keri Russell's evolution, why you should watch "The Diplomat" plus other shows that have caught my attention this week.
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“A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” Makes the Case for More YA Mysteries
A recent entrant in the Nancy Drew sleuthing category with a Brit-Gen Z, teenage twist; PLUS, other stuff I'm watching
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Exploring Hitchcock’s Horror in “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (2015) and Ryan Murphy’s “Grotesquerie” (2024)
Something about the male gaze, bad things happening to vulnerable people, and the art of deception feels eerily like a pre-Election foreshadowing.
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In the fantasy film "Tuesday," Death Becomes Her
The experience of grief is the red thread for this week's book, film and TV recommendation.
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October Romance Lovers Film Club: "Roman Holiday"
“Roman Holiday” (1953), the original rom-dram and iconic Hollywood classic, stars a 23-year-old Audrey Hepburn as Princess Anja/Ann of some Euro…
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