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Movie Review: A writer, her mentor and “The Friend” Great Dane who takes over her life
You might have to be a dog lover to truly engage and “get” “The Friend,” a melancholy meditation on suicide, loss, character and our obligations to someone who has killed himself. And if you’re unsure about the depth of your … Continue reading
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Tagged bill-murray, books, fiction, film-review, great-dane, naomi-watts, the-friend, writing
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Movie Review: Kurdish Immigrant in Norway gets a Visit from “My Uncle Jens”
Akam is a young teacher who instructs kids from many cultures in the finer points of reading and writing in Norwegian, but who rarely gives a thought to his own Kurdish heritage. Until that night his the doorbell of his … Continue reading
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Tagged iran, kurdish-comedy, kurdistan, movie-review, norway, norwegian-film, peshmarga, writing
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Movie Review: Liev Schreiber broods beautifully in Hemingway’s “Across the River and Into the Trees”
“Across the River and Into the Trees” presents Liev Schreiber as the latest Ernest Hemingway literary alter ego to make it to the screen, and perhaps the best ever at capturing the world weariness of the late life, post-World War … Continue reading
