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Spoiler Alert is arranged to make the viewer feel snug, like a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter day.
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Given the increasing backlash against books that promote equity and diversity, and the fact that many schools still spotlight Black history in February, here is a sampling of the many excellent Black history and biography books for children published in the past few years.
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Some might consider Close to be a depressing film, but its impressive understanding of human frailty and the power of forgiveness is revelatory.
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Aleksandar Hemon’s latest novel is simply dizzying, filled with texture, startling imagery, language in multiple tongues (keep Google within reach!), and it succeeds in most every respect.
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Two horror-adjacent films at this year’s Sundance Festival — Sorcery and Animalia — were strikingly beautiful.
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Rather than coming across as angry or urgent, Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s No Bears feels muted, perhaps even subdued to the point of depression.
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One Fine Morning lives up to its sunny title, even if it’s a bit less optimistic than you might expect.
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The Field Recorders’ Collective is dedicated to preserving and distributing non-commercial recordings of traditional American music that are not available to the general public. In January, took three gems out of the archive and made them available to stream and download.
Quirky and heartfelt, Freeridge is sure to please fans of On My Block as well as to make new viewers aware of the multi-cultural merits of the inner-city of Los Angeles.
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There’s no question the Beatles come out of John Higgs’ superb book Love and Let Die looking far better than James Bond. Love tends to play better than death and it’s easier to root for working class underdogs than Establishment snobs.
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