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Pedro Costa recommended Late Spring (1949) in Movies (curated)

 
Late Spring (1949)
Late Spring (1949)
1949 |
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"In his top ten, Jean-Pierre Gorin tells you about John Ford’s praise of Jean Renoir. I’ll try to top his story: One day, Mizoguchi was asked who his favorite filmmaker was. “Ozu,” he answered without hesitation. And the journalist asked him why. “Because what he does is much more difficult than what I do.” (Needless to say that those six Mizoguchis in the Criterion Collection are priceless and were among Ozu’s favorite films.)"

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Shelle Perry (66 KP) rated The Question Is Murder in Books

Aug 19, 2021  
The Question Is Murder
The Question Is Murder
Mark Willen | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Should a journalist be impartial or should they do the right thing, even if it means compromising their source?
Should a journalist be impartial and just tell the story, or should they do the right thing, even if it means compromising their source? This is the question posed by columnist/ college lecturer Sam Turner when he receives an email that could lead to murder.

When a young woman is being stalked by an untouchable powerful man, she considers that killing him may be her only way out. However when he turns up dead, it may be that she is not the only person who wanted him gone. This is a wonderfully suspenseful mystery told from the perspectives of three different main characters that offer interesting insight into mindset of murder. It is set against a political backdrop that is pulled from the headlines but not at all cliche.

Though the murder needs solving, and Sam Turner, an ethics advice columnist and throw back to traditional journalist, does a fantastic job of chasing down the story and the facts, it is simply the vehicle to get inside Sam’s life which is where the true meat of the story lies. His struggle with ethics of his decisions and the changing circumstances of both his career and personal life made for great reading. I would very much enjoy seeing more books about Sam and people he is close to.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
  
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Free Rainer (Reclaim Your Brain) (2007) in Movies

Aug 9, 2017  
Free Rainer (Reclaim Your Brain) (2007)
Free Rainer (Reclaim Your Brain) (2007)
2007 | International, Drama
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
An intelligent film about how the media is a propaganda machine
As a journalist, this German movie is a dream. It's all about quality programming, stopping mindless TV sucking out the life of viewers and finally watching some quality and meaningful television. Obviously there are conspiracy theories throughout the film, in which the TV personality hijacks the broadcasting schedule to stop politicians dumbing down the populace. But what film doesn't have a bit of action and adventure?
  
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Jeremy King (346 KP) rated The Rum Diary in Books

May 13, 2019  
The Rum Diary
The Rum Diary
Hunter S. Thompson | 1998 | Fiction & Poetry
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating Watch
I found this book at on a bench at a park and could not put it down.

The Rum Diary is an early novel by Hunter S. Thompson. It was written in the early 1960s but was not published until 1998.

In this tale you will read about drinking rum, eating burgers, some journalism, rum, the twisted minds of people, rum and more rum while following a American journalist working at a paper in San Juan, Puerto Rico.