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    DOC NYC 2023 Part 1: Social Issue Docs & “The Smell of Money”

    This year’s DOC NYC, the biggest documentary film festival in the U.S., didn’t have as many blockbuster docs as last year (“The Beauty and the Bloodshed,” for example) or as many films about the arts (my own favorite doc sub-genre) but, as usual, the slate was huge (over 100 films) and full of insightful and piercing examinations of social and cultural issues in this...

    “Waikiki” at Regal Union Square Oct. 27

    A friend of mine used to always observe that if he ever visited Hawaii he'd probably never leave. After watching Christopher Kahunahana's indie feature "Waikiki" he might reconsider. Instead of the natural splendor one associates with this neighborhood of Honolulu, "Waikiki" depicts a space filled with the constant and irritating noise of high rise construction, a beach threatened by erosion and a neighborhood favored...
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    Midcentury Modernist Vintage Sci-Fi

    It's a bit out of our target genres but we are excited about this new book about the influence of midcentury modernist design and...

    “Mulholland Drive” in 4K, Boxed Set

    Called the best film of the 2000s by poll conducted by Sight & Sound magazine, David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive" will be released in 4K...

    Scary Monsters: Comics for Halloween

    Two brilliant recent graphic novels about monsters. Published earlier this year, Barry Windsor-Smith has been working on this graphic novel for 35 years and met...

    Squid Game is THE Halloween Costume for 2021

    The popularity of the Korean Netflix series "The Squid Game" and the distinctive uniforms worn by its characters have propelled sales for Squid Game...

    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...

    Streaming The Detectives

    Start your introduction to detective fiction by reading three classics of the genre and then comparing them to their best film adaptations, two of which are among the best of Film Noir.