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Rod Lurie recommended The 400 Blows (1959) in Movies (curated)

 
The 400 Blows (1959)
The 400 Blows (1959)
1959 | Drama
(0 Ratings)
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"Les Quatre cents coups, better known as The 400 Blows, a film that every man can relate to, because every man once was a boy. It also bears the historical importance of being among the first films of the Nouvelle Vague, along with Breathless. [The last shot] is one of the few freeze fames that I think really works in the history of film. When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact shot that you want β€” no guessing. And [director Francois Truffaut] used it to the full effect."

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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Outlaw King (2018) in Movies

Nov 20, 2020  
Outlaw King (2018)
Outlaw King (2018)
2018 | Action, Drama, History
5
7.3 (12 Ratings)
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Opens with the threat of sweeping, gorgeous spectacle but not long after just sort of settles for a collection of watchable action scenes - and that's fine I guess. You've still got Taylor-Johnson in tasty nut mode (complete with peculiar accent) and some dirty, brute violence that doesn't fully satisfy but comes closer than a lot of these outings usually do. Nothing special whatsoever and actually made me retroactively second-guess how good 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘏π˜ͺ𝘨𝘩 𝘞𝘒𝘡𝘦𝘳 actually was but you could do worse. I'm just tired of this rote historical B.S.
  
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Liberty Boston (93 KP) rated Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638 in Books

Mar 15, 2021  
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638
Kristina: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638
Carolyn Meyer | 2003
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Yes! I HAVE A COPY! Thank the Lord for my awesome stepmom!

I finished this one really quickly thanks to some sleepless nights and I really enjoyed it. I don't get why Kristina's mother hated Sweden so much the mental images the descriptions conjured were beautiful. I love the historical details and how tomboyish Kristina is.

I just don't know what else to say about this book.

It was such a joy to read and I'll probably keep re-reading it like the others I own.

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Still fun
  
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Meghan Udell recommended Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting in Books (curated)

 
Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting
Knitting Yarns: Writers on Knitting
Ann Hood | 2014 | Essays
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"As anyone who has ever picked up a pair of knitting needles can attest to, knitting is a laborious love. When a pair of socks can take weeks to knit, and a blanket months (or even years), there’s something slightly sacrilegious about a book of shorts about knitting. But somehow these writers capture the essence of hours spent stitching, without the expected verbose prose. The third story written by Andre Dubus III is a particular favorite of mine β€” capturing both the historical and personal legacy of knitting in a short heartfelt gem."

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Andrew Solomon recommended Poems: The Centenary Edition in Books (curated)

 
Poems: The Centenary Edition
Poems: The Centenary Edition
Elizabeth Bishop | 2011 | Essays
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"A life’s work may occupy shelf upon shelf, or all the genius may be distilled down to a concentrate of wisdom, and I would love to think that I’ve ever thought anything as clearly as Bishop has thought each of her poems. My favorite lines forever: It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free, drawn from the cold hard mouth of the world, derived from the rocky breasts forever, flowing and drawn, and since our knowledge is historical, flowing, and flown."

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