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Woody Allen recommended Elia Kazan: A Biography in Books (curated)

 
Elia Kazan: A Biography
Elia Kazan: A Biography
Richard Schickel | 2011 | Art, Photography & Fashion, Biography, Film & TV
(0 Ratings)
Book Favorite

"It's the best showbusiness book that I've read. It's brilliantly written and it's about a brilliant director who was very meaningful to me when I was growing up and becoming a film-maker. Schickel understands Kazan; he understands Tennessee Williams; he understands Marlon Brando; he understands A Streetcar Named Desire. He writes with great historical knowledge, insight and liveliness. Showbusiness books are usually not worth reading. They're just silly and shallow. But this is a fabulous book. Whatever you think of Kazan politically, it has nothing to do with the fact that the guy was a great director."

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Toni Collette recommended Harold and Maude (1971) in Movies (curated)

 
Harold and Maude (1971)
Harold and Maude (1971)
1971 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.6 (5 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I love this film and can watch it over and over. Hal Ashby is one of my favorite filmmakers. Both the lead characters are so unique and their pairing even more so. The thing that I love about it the most is Maude’s incredible sense of freedom and her direct influence on Harold. Death awaits us all, and it’s easy to shrink in that knowledge, but she teaches him to embrace life and be himself and choose to be positive and open. Their connection is so lovely and inspirational. This film tackles life, death, and everything in between in the most entertaining way."

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Alice Walker recommended Loving Her in Books (curated)

 
Loving Her
Loving Her
Anne Allen Shockley | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry, LGBTQ+
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"To my knowledge, Loving Her is the first novel about an interracial lesbian relationship written by a black woman. Viewed as an artistic work, I think the novel fails. But in its exploration of a daring subject boldly shared (and written by a librarian at Fisk University) I think it has immense value. It enables us to see and understand, perhaps for the first time, the choices certain women have made about how they will live their lives, and allows us glimpses at physical intimacies between women that have been, in the past, deliberately ridiculed or obscured."

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Sarah Redden (569 KP) rated A Woman of War in Books

Sep 23, 2019  
A Woman of War
A Woman of War
Mandy Robotham | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics, Romance
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
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Fast paced (1 more)
Great storyline
Upsetting in parts (0 more)
Wow
I absolutely loved this book. I couldn't put it down but I had to at times because l didn't want it to end. Even though this book is fiction I was so caught up in Anke's journey that the author made it feel so real life. The author captured the sadness of real life history, and with her knowledge of midwifery this book fast became one of my favourite reads in years. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has a fascination for stories about the holocaust.