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Using the Portable Keyhole: Things to Look for in Rear Window

July 8, 2020

The film is full of details, planted for the viewer to find. L.B. Jefferies, as a photographer, is a voyeur for a living. For him to apply his skill to solving the murder next door isn’t such a stretch. But Hitchcock makes us the voyeurs by dropping clues and encouraging us to comb over the details he has made so visible for us.

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Documentaries That Are Stranger Than Fiction

June 29, 2020

Forget about the informative movies they made us watch in school. No more instructional videos about the rules of the road or long, outdated histories of medieval castles. It turns out that documentaries don’t have to be boring. From video game rivalries to an unknown unhinged artist, the following docs explore the odd side of…

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Elegant. Impish. Gamine. Audrey.

May 1, 2020

Audrey’s joy is infectious. She can dance, sing, make you laugh or feel wistful. And she has some killer dresses.

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Drinks with Jane: Cocktails Inspired by Jane Austen’s Characters

April 11, 2020

With dozens of adaptations and even more spin-offs, Jane Austen found universally acknowledged truths that still resonate two centuries later. If I had the means, I would open an Austen-themed pub with this menu. Short of that, queue up an Austen classic and consider making a drink inspired by these Pride and Prejudice characters. The…

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Fantastical Films & Where to Find Them

February 21, 2020

Prime examples of fantastical subgenres — steampunk, surrealist, and speculative — have little in common with one another, but they all offer a version of reality slightly askew of our own and give us another world to ponder.

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