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Orlando: My Political Biography
Virginia Woolf’s 1928 novel Orlando is the template for this many-layered exploration of nonbinary and transgender experience. Paul B. Preciado is a Spanish author,...
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Lost Illusions: A Film Snob's Favorites of '24.
Every year I make a list, like most film critics, of my favorite movies from the previous year. I do mine later than just...
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The Baker's Wife
Many years ago, I sought out The Baker’s Wife, a comedy from 1938 by Marcel Pagnol, because I read that Orson Welles at one...
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Janet Planet
One summer in the life of a woman in an “alternative” lifestyle, and her relationship with her introverted 11-year-old daughter. The title of renowned...
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The Brutalist
The Brutalist is not about brutalist architecture or the school that created it. Yes, the main character is an architect, and his work appears...
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
A bold documentary, framed against the jazz of 1959-60, tells how the U.S. helped subvert the government of Congo after independence. Soundtrack to a...