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BlacksmitHER Radio

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Victoria Patti interviews blacksmiths around the world. They talk about being an artist blacksmith,...

A Baby's Guide to Surviving Mum

Benjamin Bird, Tiago Americo and Scott D. Rhodes

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This quirky, colorful picture book is the first-ever survival guide to help baby take on the...

Kristy H (1252 KP) rated Noelle (2019) in Movies

Nov 5, 2020

Noelle (2019)

2019 | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

7.7

(18 Ratings)

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This is a surprisingly cute and fun holiday film -- and it encourages the belief that a woman can be Santa. Is the plot deep? No. Do we need our Christmas plots to be deep? No! There's whimsy, a lot of humor, and it works for both kids (mine loved it at age 8) and adults. Count me in.

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Jay Z recommended Nigger in Books (curated)

Nigger

Dick Gregory | 2020 | History & Politics

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"I don't know who turned me on to this autobiography, but his sense of humor and the hardships he went through stayed with me—especially the scene where he started running home from school. It led to his joining thetrack team, which led to a scholarship to college. Running opened up a whole world for him."

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Ursula K. Le Guin recommended Silas Marner in Books (curated)

"Silas Marner was probably on the 1945 high school curriculum because it was short and not about sex. I hated it — didn’t have a clue what it wasabout. Eliot (real name Mary Ann Evans) writes with a dry, adult humor and depth of experience of pain I could only appreciate when I finally finished growing up."

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Tim Forbes recommended Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator (1967) in Movies (curated)

"Possessed of incisive humor and an uncanny knack for startling juxtaposition, Dušan Makavejev uses a veritable crazy quilt of stylistic elements to create an affecting portrait, at once funny and heartbreaking, of a romance gone awry, while at the same time lambasting the conventions and pretenses of society, including, not least, the constraints of narrative cinema itself."

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Jesse Malin recommended The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) in Movies (curated)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

2001 | Comedy, Drama

8.6

(10 Ratings)

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"Wes Anderson shines here with his own style, sense of humor, and great use of music. A killer cast. The scene where Gene Hackman and Anjelica Huston are arguing on the street has so much underlying love in it. I’ve never seen anything like that between two actors—saying one thing and creating the opposite feeling."

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Bill Plympton recommended Mon Oncle (1958) in Movies (curated)

Mon Oncle (1958)

1958 | Classics, Comedy

9.0

(4 Ratings)

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"Jacques Tati is one of my heroes, and this film, I believe, is his best. It parodies the influence of modern architecture and design in the late 50s. Also, Mr. Tati used just the visuals to tell a story and make people laugh. Very deadpan. I also generally discard dialogue to make the imagery carry the plot and humor."

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