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Jon Dieringer recommended Smithereens (1982) in Movies (curated)

Smithereens (1982)

1982 | International, Drama

8.0

(1 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"No one’s been more encouraging of Screen Slate than Richard Hell, who saved its hide more than he realizes and promoted it with a missionary zeal. The first time we spoke we met at the late Café Orlin, the site of one of his most memorable scenes in the film, and then one of the last vestiges of the city that Smithereens portrays. I could have died. Smithereens was the first American indie to compete for the Palme d’Or, and it presages that whole wave we popularly associate with Jim Jarmusch, Spike Lee, and so on. I know life isn’t a competition, but this is the best of those debuts. And when you consider Susan Seidelman alongside Allison Anders, Sara Driver, Penelope Spheeris, Lizzie Borden, Kathleen Collins, and Joel DeMott, among so many others, women really slayed in the American indie ’80s."

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The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster: A Revealing Portrait of the Forgotten Man Behind Swanee River, Beautiful Dreamer, and My Old Kentucky Home

JoAnne O'Connell

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The Life and Songs of Stephen Foster offers an engaging reassessment of the life, politics, and...

No Strings Attached (The Pink Bean #1)

Harper Bliss

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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It’s never too late to find the right person… and yourself along the way. Micky Ferro has...

Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Uncommon Type: Some Stories in Books

Nov 14, 2017

Uncommon Type: Some Stories

Tom Hanks | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.6

(7 Ratings)

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Listen to his audiobook! His narration is superb (0 more)

Listen just for Tom Hanks' mellifluous voice

Tom Hanks turns out to be as authentically genuine a writer as can be. The stories in this book range from the hilarious to the deeply touching.

They move in period, location, and manner, but all demonstrate a joy in writing, a pleasure in communicating an intensely American sense of atmosphere, friendship, life and family that is every bit as smart and engaging as the man himself.

While the stories are witty, it is more so because of the man himself. They may not be Pulitzer material, but it truly is a pleasure to read his book while thinking about this imaginative man.

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Christine Allard (22 KP) rated My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark in Podcasts

Jan 26, 2018

Lighthearted, great banter, with recaps of murders that the hosts have researched and retell in their own unique personality. Kindness, crime, foul language and lots of laughs. (0 more)

Everything is great about this one. (0 more)

Hysterical, and a little eerie.

Two true friends with a passion for true crime take an oftentimes hysterical, but also sad and somber look at murder cases over the centuries. It's a great, quick, lightweight fix for folks who enjoyed Dirty John, Wrongful Conviction, and This American Life. It's light on the editing, and high on the community connection. They also poke at things that are creepy and while not all the murders have resolution, there's always something interesting and nothing that'll give you nightmares.