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Moonlight (2016)

7.6 (18 Ratings) Rate It

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The childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of a gay black man named Chiron growing up in a rough area...

Coming-of-age LGBT

Andrew Koltuniuk (762 KP) rated Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) in Movies

Jul 12, 2020

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

1954 | Classics, Comedy, Drama

7.2

(6 Ratings)

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This movie has not aged super well. I really enjoy it still, but I think that is mostly due to the big and amazing dance numbers and the nostalgic memories this brings me back to from my childhood. I had a lot of fun watching it, but I don't know if I would watch it again.

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Zackary Drucker recommended A Queer and Pleasant Danger in Books (curated)

"Kate Bornstein addresses parts of her personal story that she had previously never talked about, including her childhood, her path to and escape from Scientology, and into a life of gender and sexual freedom. It is like having a spontaneous and often outrageous conversation with your dear old auntie who’s into S&M and radical gender play. "

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Megan Abbott recommended The Night of the Hunter (1955) in Movies (curated)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

1955 | Drama, Mystery

9.0

(5 Ratings)

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"Another brilliant adaptation, this time of a Davis Grubb novel (a bestseller). It’s a gothic fairytale of childhood, full of shadows and silhouettes and countless images that linger in your head forever after. I first saw this as a kid, and the stupendously terrifying Robert Mitchum (as a murderous “man of god”) still hasn’t left my haunted unconscious."

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Nicholas Cage recommended Juliet of the Spirits (1965) in Movies (curated)

Juliet of the Spirits (1965)

1965 | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

(0 Ratings)

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"Juliet of the Spirits was something I also saw at a young age. It spooked me, but also kind of turned me on, and I found it thrilling and psychedelic and colorful, and it had an enormous impact on my childhood because I would have bad dreams about it. That’s also the case with The Wizard of Oz."

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Wendi McLendon-Covey recommended A Girl Named Zippy in Books (curated)

A Girl Named Zippy

Haven Kimmel | 2001 | Biography, History & Politics

(0 Ratings)

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"This book is so important to me because of the way Kimmel puts into words how a happy, funny kid can still sense that there’s something wrong with all the adults around her. Haven Kimmel had a happy childhood in a small town, but her house was filled with the kind of tensions that children sense but can’t articulate."

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Pedro Costa recommended The Exterminating Angel (1962) in Movies (curated)

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

1962 | Drama, Fantasy

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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"“I’m lucky to have spent my childhood in the Middle Ages, or, as Huysmans described it, that ‘painful and exquisite’ epoch—painful in terms of its material aspects, perhaps, but exquisite in its spiritual life. What a contrast to the world of today!” Luis Buñuel always reminds us of what we’re constantly losing in this rotten society."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Henna House in Books

Oct 7, 2020

The ancient tradition of Henna comes to life with all its intricacies and beauty in this story that follows one girl through her journey from childhood to maturity across Yemen and as far as Israel. Read my review of this evocative novel here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/08/03/the-painted-designs-of-yemenite-jewish-women/