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Daily Archives: January 5, 2024
Movie Review: Transgender in Bhopal, looking for “A Place of Our Own”
There’s no sex or romance in “A Place of Our Own,” no hormone therapy, surgical consulations or discussion of “transitioning.” This simple slice-of-life/fly on the wall drama is about two transgender friends’ struggle to find a house or apartment they … Continue reading
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Netflixable? A death, an unhappy revelation, seeking closure in Dan Levy’s “Good Grief”
“Good Grief” is Dan Levy’s delicate and arms-length drift through the psychology of mourning, with that grief complicated by post mortem secrets that emerge about the deceased. It’s a featherweight attempt at the gutting, deflated feeling of loss, with clever … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Today’s reading is from “The Book of Clarence”
“The Book of Clarence” is no mere lampoon of the belief system based on a persecution, blood sacrifice and murder by the state origin story. It’s a retelling, resetting and often amusing examination of “knowledge” vs. “faith,” the nobility of … Continue reading
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