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Short Films in Focus: Big Touch
Christopher Tenzis’ “Big Touch” is a wordless film about the healing power of physical contact. Some will read more into it, but that is one of the remarkable things about Tenzis’ three-minute piece. It’s meditative, multi-layered and somehow also gets the job done quickly. Many reviews I looked at on Letterboxd commented that they weren’t…
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How Martin Scorsese Uses Music to Enhance His Visions
With a career that has prospered for over half a century—including his most recent, incisive work “Killers of the Flower Moon”—we can not only trace how Scorsese has developed as an auteur but one with a profound musical affinity. “I know that without music, I would be lost. Very often it is uniquely on hearing…
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Leave the World Behind
“Leave the World Behind,” writer/director and “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail’s suspenseful, psychological thriller, understands the general mechanics of the post-apocalyptic genre. There is the pretentious family caught in world-altering circumstances. “I f*cking hate people,” says Amanda Sandford (Julia Roberts), as she stares jadedly from the window of her luxe Brooklyn apartment. And so Amanda…
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What It Takes to Save the Axolotl
On the outskirts of Mexico City, biologists are working to reintroduce a treasured amphibian to the wild. But first they must revive an ancient method of farming.
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Bordeaux Wine Snobs Have a Point, According to This Computer Model
With machine learning, scientists are trying to chemically define the murky concept of terroir. The models might be useful for detecting wine fraud.
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Restaurant Review: April Bloomfield’s Sailor in Brooklyn
At Sailor, in Brooklyn, the Spotted Pig’s former chef is doing the best cooking of her career.
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Sacramento Restaurants Worth Exploring
Soaring Bay Area housing prices, a highly diverse community and some of the world’s best produce have been catalysts for the dining scene in California’s capital.
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Woman sentenced to fast-food job after hurling Chipotle bowl at worker
Rosemary Hayne told police she threw a burrito bowl at Emily Russell. A judge offered reduced jail time if Hayne agreed to spend 20 hours a week in an employee’s shoes.
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White House condemns protests at Jewish-owned Philadelphia restaurant
A protest organized by Philadelphia Free Palestine Coalition outside Goldie Falafel restaurant in Philadelphia drew hundreds, then condemnation from local and national politicians.
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8 latke recipes for Hanukkah, including classic and unconventional
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with a different latke recipe for every day of the holiday.