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    Every Film I Saw in 2024

    Above: "Do Not Expect Too Much For The End of the World" (My favorite film of the year.) (in the order that I saw them; unless dated it was a 2024 release) Undercover Girl (1950) Timebomb Y2K Onlookers Edward Hopper (PBS) Napoleon (2023) The Disappearance of Shere Hite (2023) The Curse (Season 1) True Detective (Season 4) Next Goal Wins (2023) June (2023) The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Batman Begins (2005) The Dark Knight (2008) Ferrari (2023) Fallen Leaves (2023) Madame...

    DOC NYC 2024: “My Sweet Land,” “Yalla Parkour” and more

    Here are brief reviews of some of my favorite films from this month's DOC NYC festival. "My Sweet Land" is a briskly paced, beautifully edited portrait of an 11-year-old Nagorno-Karabakh Armenian boy caught with his family in the series of wars against Azerbaijan which have greatly reduced the land that was once part of Armenia. The boy is remarkably positive given the circumstances and follows...
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    Barry Forshaw on Crime Fiction

    Barry Forshaw is a British writer who specialises in crime fiction. He has written many books, including “British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia”, “The Rough...