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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway | 1999 | Fiction & Poetry
6.9 (14 Ratings)
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"It’s always the beautiful simplicity of this story that transports me. Not a word is wasted. For such a short novel, it kind of approaches perfection in storytelling for me. Hemingway apparently said of the novel that it was the “best I can write ever for all of my life.”"

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John Krasinski recommended How We Are Hungry in Books (curated)

 
How We Are Hungry
How We Are Hungry
Dave Eggers | 2006 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"The author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is definitely one of the best writers around. No one can put you in a world quite like he can. And in How We Are Hungry, a book of short stories, you have the luxury of having that experience multiple times."

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Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Eyes Without a Face (1960)
1960 | Horror

"Two films about the brutality of seeing (about cinema?), one directed by France’s answer to Fritz Lang, the other by the British Vincente Minnelli. And on the Franju DVD, there’s a precious extra: the 1949 short documentary Blood of the Beasts, a film that dares to look death in the eyes."

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Peeping Tom (1960)
Peeping Tom (1960)
1960 | Horror, Thriller
7.8 (16 Ratings)
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"Two films about the brutality of seeing (about cinema?), one directed by France’s answer to Fritz Lang, the other by the British Vincente Minnelli. And on the Franju DVD, there’s a precious extra: the 1949 short documentary Blood of the Beasts, a film that dares to look death in the eyes."

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Benny Sadfie recommended Macbeth (2015) in Movies (curated)

 
Macbeth (2015)
Macbeth (2015)
2015 | International, Drama
4.5 (2 Ratings)
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"We saw it in Venice for its world re-premiere, and it was nothing short of breathtaking. The cast of unknowns and the truth to the covalent bond of violence and romance make this a special film. What more could you ask for than Shakespeare presented by Roman Polanski and Playboy?"

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The China Hustle (2017)
The China Hustle (2017)
2017 | Documentary
I am honestly obsessed with movies/docuseries about fraud in general. Short-selling is a crazy notion to me. The Chinese companies in this series didn't really do a good job of trying to hide their fraud.
It was interesting, but it didn't really hold my attention all that well.
  
    Cabaret

    Cabaret

    7.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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    Cabaret is a 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff,...