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Kasi Lemmons recommended All That Jazz (1979) in Movies (curated)

 
All That Jazz (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
1979 | Drama, Musical, Sci-Fi
8.5 (4 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"Magical realism is very important to me, and here you have some wonderful fantasy sequences—including Roy Scheider talking to Death, played by Jessica Lange. And there’s so much humor in this movie. It’s very serious on one level, because the protagonist is reflecting on his own mortality and the constant presence of death in his life, but it’s also very funny. Even when the hero is having a heart attack, the movie can’t help but break into a bit of musical theater! And as someone who used to dance before becoming a filmmaker, I’m in love with the choreography—how Scheider watches it all happening and participates in it, and how sexy it is. The dancing is very of the period—it’s maybe even a little dated—but the movie itself is not. It completely holds up."

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Jennifer Kirkland (1 KP) created a post

Jan 27, 2018  
Bardic Voices by Mercedes Lackey
I'm re-reading this series, as since my husband's death I find comfort in the literature I read as a teen or a young adult. And what I'm finding now, nearly thirty years later, is the same kind of anti-racism text as is found in Real Life Politics today. One of the Free Bards (Kestrel) is talking about Humans Only signs and varying things being declared as evil...

and I'm thinking... didn't I just hear this story on NPR?
      
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Lee (2222 KP) rated A Ghost Story (2017) in Movies

Jul 21, 2018  
A Ghost Story (2017)
A Ghost Story (2017)
2017 | Drama
7
7.0 (8 Ratings)
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Recently added to Netflix is 2017 movie A Ghost Story, starring Casey Affleck. From A24, the studio responsible for The Witch and Heteditary, so I was very dubious about watching this! A poignantly beautiful tale of life, death, time and grief. With minimal dialogue, it is definitely a very weird film (a 5 minute scene of someone literally just eating pie in silence?!), and many people will just hate it. For me, there was just enough thought provoking and beautifully shot scenes to keep me happy.
  
    First Day Back

    First Day Back

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    Podcast

    How do you come back from the worst thing you’ve ever done, when you don’t even remember doing...

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated After.Life (2010) in Movies

Mar 10, 2021  
After.Life (2010)
After.Life (2010)
2010 | Horror, Thriller
5
6.6 (7 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Liam Neeson (1 more)
Christina Ricci
Justin Long (0 more)
Life After Death
After.Life- is a decent horror thriller. I have pros and cons of this film.

Pros:
Liam Nesson
Christina Ricci
The Plot/story
The suspense

Cons:
Just Long
Not Really Scary
Not Really horrorfying
Just forgetable

The plot: After a horrific car crash, a young teacher awakes on a mortuary slab. The funeral director convinces her she is not alive but transitioning into the spirit world. Is he telling the truth?

Like i said its decent but forgetable.
  
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Jenny Saville recommended Nights in Books (curated)

 
Nights
Nights
Kou Yoneda | 2014 | Comics & Graphic Novels
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"I read this recently — it’s a small and significant book. It’s the autobiographical account of a teenage boy who journeys through the Nazi death camps with his father, desperately clinging to life and each other when humanity has become perversely distorted. It’s almost beyond human and beyond language. When I read it, I wondered how someone would interpret this story if they dug it up in ancient ruins centuries from now. Could it be true? What are we capable of in terms of cruelty and survival?"

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