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Peter Strickland recommended The Favourite (2018) in Movies (curated)

 
The Favourite (2018)
The Favourite (2018)
2018 | Biography, History
7.0 (31 Ratings)
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"How Yorgos Lanthimos sneaked Olivier Messiaen and Luc Ferrari into an Oscar-winning film is one of modern cinema’s greatest mysteries. Mr. Lanthimos doesn’t get enough credit for his soundtracks, which often work brilliantly counter to the proceedings in his films. The use of music in “The Favourite” deserves a whole essay in itself. The acting isn’t bad, either."

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Debra Granik recommended I Am Not Your Negro (2017) in Movies (curated)

 
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
2017 | Documentary
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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"This is a brilliant essay film. It uses some of the tropes of documentary, unearthing and presenting archival footage that cracks history open, drawing connections between previously unconnected historical figures. It also goes beyond that, using other contemporaneous material – ads and cultural artifacts – leading to some trenchant personal reflections. That’s hard to pull off, and very satisfying and throbbing when it succeeds."

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Debra Granik recommended Generation Wealth (2018) in Movies (curated)

 
Generation Wealth (2018)
Generation Wealth (2018)
2018 | Documentary
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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" I always want to shout out props to hard hitting essay films. This was nuts! I felt sick during and after, but I was full of admiration for the sheer strength and determination it took to make this film and the thinking that forged these themes into a cogent survey of something extreme and disturbing in human nature and the times in which we live. Not for the over-sensitive."

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ClareR (5721 KP) rated The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020 in Books

Apr 18, 2021  
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
The Hard Crowd: Essays 2000-2020
Rachel Kushner | 2021 | Essays
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The Hard Crowd is a collection of essays about culture and politics. I had read Rachel Kushner's novel The Mars Room and loved it (even went on to buy it for a friend), so I was intrigued to read this collection. There really is a mix here - something for everyone.
The opening essay about Kushner’s participation in an illegal motorbike race on the Baja Peninsula was probably my favourite - it sounded terrifying and exciting all at once. She does seem to like anything to do with motors, as a later essay showed. This one wasn’t really for me, but this is a collection where there is something for everyone. The chapter on wild cat strikes was interesting, as were the ones where she describes her formative years in her hometown and the music concerts she went to (loved these too). The last essay in the book played out as though it was on a film in my head.
The essay about prison reform was really thought provoking, as was that of when Kushner visited a Palestinian refugee camp. I could easily have read more of this one - no matter how saddening it ultimately was.
Rachel Kushner really can write. As she did in The Mars Room, each of these essays really evoked a time and place and made this book pretty hard to put down.
Many thanks to Jonathan Cape for inviting me to read this via NetGalley.