“Salem’s Lot” (2024) refers to a quaint Maine town in 1975 with a few new arrivals. R.T. Straker (Pilou Asbaek)...
Good One
Drama
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“Everybody’s got a sack of rocks.”-Elaine Stritch “Good One” (2024) is director and writer India Donaldson’s perfect feature debut. Seventeen-year-old...
The Outrun
Drama
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“The Outrun” (2024) is an autofiction adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s 2016 nonfiction, genre bending book (part memoir, part travelogue, part...
Joker: Folie à Deux
Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller
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“Joker: Folie à Deux” (2024) is the sequel to “Joker” (2019), a standalone DC Comics film which was not intended...
Things Will Be Different
Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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“Things Will Be Different” (2024) is about a brother and sister, Joseph (Adam David Thompson), aka “Joe,” and Sidney (Riley...
Megalopolis
Drama, Sci-Fi
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“Megalopolis: A Fable” (2024) is Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film, which has been in development since 1977. The action is...
A Different Man
Comedy, Thriller
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“A Different Man” (2024) stars Sebastian Stan as Edward, an actor who has neurofibromatosis. After undergoing an experimental treatment which...
King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
Documentary
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“King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones” (2022) chronicles European narrator, cowriter and director Harriet Marin Jones’ journey to trace her...
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Gaga Chromatica Ball
Music
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“Gaga Chromatica Ball” (2024) features Lady Gaga’s seventh headlining concert tour and first all-stadium tour filmed on September 10, 2022...
Dance Brings Us Together -The Resilience of Dance Through the Pandemic
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“Dance Brings Us Together – The Resilience of Dance Through the Pandemic” (2021) is a fifty-six minute television special which...
Bill Bryson’s well-known travel book, “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trial,” is about how Bryson...
The Final 8th
Self-Help
“The Final 8th: Enlist Your Inner Selves to Accomplish Your Goals” addresses a common problem of being close to accomplishing...
The PDA Paradox
Family & Relationships / Autism Spectrum Disorders, Biography & Autobiography / People with Disabilities, Health & Fitness / Physical Impairments, Self-Help / General, Social Science / People with Disabilities
Harry Thompson’s book, “The PDA Paradox: The Highs and Lows of My Life on a Little-Known Part of the Autism...
Camouflage
Comics & Graphic Novels / Contemporary Women, Psychology / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family & Relationships / Autism Spectrum Disorders, Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction / General, Self-Help / General, Social Science / People with Disabilities
Dr. Sarah Bargiela’s “Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women” is a great, entry-level guide to autism in women if...
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
House & Home
Margareta Magnusson’s first book in a two-book series, “The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and...
How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help
House & Home
I heard about KC Davis’ book, “How to Keep House While Drowning: 31 Days of Compassionate Help,” when I was...
Dear Girls
Humor / Form / Essays, Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts, Family & Relationships / Parenting / Motherhood
Dear Girls is an intimate, irreverent, bawdy memoir disguised as a letter to her daughters. It is thematically arranged and...
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Biography & Autobiography
While I would issue a trigger warning because The Meaning of Mariah Carey deals with psychological abuse, sexual violence and...
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The Cutting Edge
Summerdance 2024
Short
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The Cutting Edge is devoted to short films from local filmmakers. Don’t dismiss short films. Shorts lay future features’ foundations. On...
The Cutting Edge: Sights Unseen
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The Cutting Edge is devoted to local filmmakers’ short films. Don’t dismiss short films. Shorts lay future features’ foundation. On...
The Cutting Edge: Project Screenway
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The Cutting Edge is devoted to short films from local filmmakers. Don’t dismiss short films. Shorts lay future features’ foundations....