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Douglas Hart recommended Kes (1969) in Movies (curated)

 
Kes  (1969)
Kes (1969)
1969 | Drama

"As Gil Scott-Heron said, “Home is where the hatred is.” . . . School is too. You need an escape. David Bradley’s performance as Billy Casper is incredible. There is something magical about the fringes of a town where it meets the country, where space opens out and a different kind of solitude becomes possible."

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Man Facing Southeast (1986)
Man Facing Southeast (1986)
1986 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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"It’s a great meditation on how we treat and mistreat ‘the other.’ A magical, thought provoking film that I saw at a time in my life when I was questioning a lot of things about the nature of humanity and how we react when we come up against the unknown and unknowable."

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Asif Kapadia recommended In Ghostly Japan in Books (curated)

 
In Ghostly Japan
In Ghostly Japan
Lafcadio Hearn | 2021 | Horror
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"A collection of magical, supernatural Japanese folk tales, first recommended to me by a well-traveled and well-read friend, this collection has a special significance as a four line footnote from this book about a young boy training to be a samurai inspired the screenplay of my first feature film, “The Warrior.”"

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Lisa Ling recommended Midnight's Children in Books (curated)

 
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Rushdie combines historical reality and mythical fiction to deliver a magnificent and magical account of India’s transition to independence and partition. It tells the story of a young man born along with hundreds of others at the very moment India becomes independent and through these new lives come hopes, dreams, curses and complication."

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