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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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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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"You Hurt My Feelings" Explores the Challenges of Mid-Life Adulting
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep) is Beth, an established author of means, and a New Yorker wrestling with doubts about her latest novel. AND tons of Fall TV…
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"Sing Sing" Makes the Heart Sing (Sing) 💗
Actor and Playwright Colman Domingo nails his performance as a gentle convict making art and healing souls in a rough prison environment, plus other…
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"Knox Goes Away" Reminds Us That Life as We Recall It is Fleeting
Michael Keaton is back. Or was, in 2023 for a shining moment, in a crime/thriller film which he directs and stars in, and which debuted on Max (think…
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“Twisters” is 2024’s Summer Blockbuster
So see it. But also know you’ve been warned. PTSD is real and “Tide Pod” MacGyver type taming measures for fixing mother nature are not. Read on for…
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Rom-Dram Face Off: "The Idea of You" vs "A Family Affair"
A side-by-side comparison of two competing streamer rom-drams featuring a love match between an older, gorgeous woman (non-celeb) and a younger man…
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"I Am: Celine Dion" Conveys a Bittersweet Coda for a Larger-Than-Life Legend
Music icon and diva Celine Dion's latest documentary sheds light on the painful private struggles she's endured to get to some semblance of acceptance…
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"The Souvenir Part II" Explores Emotional Fallout
The bookend installment of Joanna Hogg's poignant autobiographical memoir poses the question, "Is this all there is?"
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Heroin(e) Romance Sours in "The Souvenir" (2019)
Filmmaker Joanna Hoag's revelatory romance is a thing of beauty.
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