The Big Apple & Les Fils Dardennes
That’s it. I’m moving to Manhattan. This afternoon. Friday at the latest. Today the Film Society of Lincoln Centre launches “Beyond L’Enfant: The Complete Dardenne Brothers” with two screenings and the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Christine Plenus, the Dardenne set photographer. Friday night is The Big Event, as Kent Jones hosts a conversation with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, “an intimate look at their lives behind the lens.”... Read More
Goodbye Solo, This American Life, and Ramin Bahrani
After a century of broadly categorizing people by their gender, ethnicity, race, age, education level, or occupation – all to make sweeping generalizations easier – it seems we’re finally catching onto the fact that people are individuals, and hard to put into boxes. Case in point: This American Life (which I unabashedly love) often focuses on offbeat or unexpected stories about individuals, and not in ways you might expect. One of my favorite episodes features... Read More
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