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Fifty Shades Darker movie review: where is the fantasy?

Tue, Feb 14, 2017
36 comments

Thank god this insult of a movie doesn’t try to fool us into believing that the controlling Christian Grey is appealing. That would be even more horrific…

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Barcelona photos: graffiti and street art (part 2)

Mon, Feb 13, 2017
4 comments

Really and truly my most very final photos from Barcelona.

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curated: the subtext of Darth Vader’s relationship with his boss…

Mon, Feb 13, 2017
4 comments

Love it.

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Prevenge movie review: baby bump off

Mon, Feb 13, 2017
1 comment

Fresh feminist horror of a very welcome taboo-smashing kind. Nasty, hilarious, outraged and outrageous, and as poignant as it is blackly funny.

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Barcelona photos: graffiti and street art (part 1)

Fri, Feb 10, 2017
1 comment

Finally, two months after I spent a week in Barcelona, the last of my photos… part 1.

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Strad Style documentary review: a heart full of violins (Slamdance 2017)

Wed, Feb 08, 2017
2 comments

Wonderful; so funny and strange and human. An amazing portrait of a fascinating character, beautifully told with enormous suspense and tenderness.

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The Lego Batman Movie review: give a minifig

Tue, Feb 07, 2017
19 comments

A great Batman movie, a great superhero movie, and a gloriously bonkers expression of the sublime silliness of crime fighters in capes, and our love of them.

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20th Century Women movie review: sometimes it’s hard to be a woman

Tue, Feb 07, 2017
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Poignant and hilarious and wise, a melancholy ode to a moment when when the world was changing for women (and men)… and how it still and always is.

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Barcelona photo: Biblioteca de Catalunya

Mon, Feb 06, 2017
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Deliciously medieval.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (89th Academy Awards) review

Mon, Feb 06, 2017
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I would give the Oscar in a three-way tie to the Syrian-themed nominees, which offer stunningly intimate observations on the ongoing humanitarian crisis.

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