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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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Beth Lisogorsky
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October 2024

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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Beth Lisogorsky
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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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Beth Lisogorsky
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Season 2 of "Nobody Wants This." is a Go
Our panel of pop culturistas weighs in. Plus, a "Keeping the Faith" comparison!
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Beth Lisogorsky
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Ingrid Haring-Mendes
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Sheila Moeschen
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Lior Zaltzman
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Jewish Representation as Seen on "Nobody Wants This."
Our Gen X panel and a guest star weigh in on Netflix’s #1 rom-com and the questionable choices it makes regarding interfaith couples and Jewish identity
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Sheila Moeschen
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Ingrid Haring-Mendes
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Lior Zaltzman
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Beth Lisogorsky
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Gen X Women Discuss: "Nobody Wants This."
Netflix’s #1 rom-com about the interfaith coupling of “hot rabbi” and “blonde shiksa” is taking the entertainment world by storm. (Part 1)
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Beth Lisogorsky
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Ingrid Haring-Mendes
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Sheila Moeschen
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Remembering the Atrocities of Oct. 7th
Sheryl Sandberg's documentary about the 10/7/23 Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians and and my personal reflections on this somber day
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Beth Lisogorsky
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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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Beth Lisogorsky
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September 2024

"Chimp Crazy" is the new "Baby Reindeer" or "Gone [Chimp] Gone"
“Chimp Crazy” on Max is a show that once you watch, you can’t unsee it.
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Beth Lisogorsky
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The Prime of Dame Maggie Smith
"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) is a cultural time capsule of life at an all-girls school in Scotland in the 1930s. Its performances, notably…
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Beth Lisogorsky
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Network TV is Not Bad
Or my standards slipping. Either way, my discerning taste in streaming has been challenged lately by a few promising shows [from the boob tube].
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Beth Lisogorsky
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"Emily in Paris" Grows Up
Growing up is never easy, but the risk is stagnation or worse, becoming Benjamin Button
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Beth Lisogorsky
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