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Sleeping Under the Juniper Tree

Pauline Stainer

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Pauline Stainer is a poet 'working at the margins of the sacred', conveying sensations 'with an...

Amy Adams recommended The Shawshank Redemption (1994) in Movies (curated)

"Shawshank is one of those films that, every time it comes on television, I watch it — even though I own the DVD, the VHS, the Blu-ray. Every time it’s on. I can?t explain why. It’s a good script, it’s a good story; it’s a story about the human spirit and redemption… it’s beautiful. That scene when the opera plays, and everybody stops for that moment and you just hear Morgan Freeman’s voice come in, that kills me. It’s really great."

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Christopher Radcliff recommended Rumble Fish (1983) in Movies (curated)

Rumble Fish (1983)

1983 | Drama

8.0

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"I’m a big fan of S. E. Hinton and her handful of early young-adult novels. Rumble Fish is a great adaptation, and I really love the approach that Coppola took with it—he shot it immediately after shooting The Outsiders, and by comparison Rumble Fish is much smaller, bolder, and more esoterically artsy while still being true to the spirit of the book. You get the sense that he really enjoyed making it. Also, the Stewart Copeland soundtrack is great. "

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Bruce Wagner recommended The Voice is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac in Books (curated)

The Voice is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac

Joyce Johnson | 2013 | Biography, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences

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"I was shocked at the truths and magnificence of this biography; I didn’t think she (or anyone) had it in her. Throw all the Beats away: only the misunderstood colossus - Kerouac – remains. Who’s really read him, anyway? It’s all about that buffoon Cassady, and idiotic fanboy quotes… “the only ones for me are the mad ones” – yuck. Read the above for the real Weegee/Whitman ecstatic-horrific experience of genius, alcoholism, fame and the merciful, merciless Spirit that rules us."

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Chelsea Handler recommended Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust in Books (curated)

"This book is one of those beautiful accounts of a terrible time in our history. His calm and sagaciousness, while witnessing one horror after another played out during his time in three separate concentration camps, is awe inspiring. He speaks to the strength of the human spirit and there is a sentence in the book that made me put it down and think — ‘I stopped asking myself what I expected out of life, and asked myself what life expected out of me."

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Mothergamer (1616 KP) rated Fruits Basket in TV

Jul 12, 2021

Fruits Basket

2001 | Family

8.7

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I loved the manga and the original anime when it came out. The characters and story are great. Tohru herself is very sweet and you can't help but be drawn to her and her kindness. The remake of Fruits Basket is excellent. They did a fantastic job keeping the spirit of the original story and the emotional vibe of the main story and interactions with the characters. It was great to watch through it again and remember what made this series so special.