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‘King Lear’: The monarch from another planet
May 19, 2022Of the countless screen versions of King Lear, the most offbeat may be Jean Luc Godard’s 1987 take co-starring Woody Allen, Norman Mailer and The Breakfast Club’s Molly Ringwald as Cordelia. I kid thee not!
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ICYMI: May 5 was the World Day of the Portuguese Language and Marx
May 18, 2022May 5 was the World Day of the Portuguese Language and the anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth. So I am left with this difficult impasse: between the two fundamentals, what to do?
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New ‘Doctor Strange’ is fantastic – if imperfect – phantasmagoria
May 18, 2022This feels very much like a real Sam Raimi film, rather than yet another film that feels like it was slapped haphazardly together on the corporate Marvel/Disney assembly line.
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‘Torn Hearts’ review: Crisp thriller explores dark side of stardom and sisterhood
May 17, 2022The real monsters in this film are less obvious than the villainous deeds performed by women in the film.
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‘A Heated Discussion’ features Black luminaries debating what is to be done
May 16, 2022Black Americans have shown time and time again that they continue casting their fate in with the people of the U.S. as a whole. Black people alone will not solve the problem of racism. In that...
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