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loaded question: who’s your favorite film director, and why?
Movie-fan-101 stuff this week: Who’s your favorite film director, and why? This one is a no-brainer for me: Steven Spielberg. And that’s because…
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MaryAnn Johanson
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loaded question: what’s your dream actor/director pairing, and what kind of movie would they make?
I first asked this question way back in 2010, and I think enough time has passed — and enough new talent has come on the scene and older talent …
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MaryAnn Johanson
loaded question: what are some great movies about underappreciated women in history?
Headline yesterday at the Guardian: Giant leap for women: early ‘lady’ astronomers have asteroids named in their honour 19th-century trailblazer…
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loaded question: what are some great movies about unions and the fight for workers’ rights?
Today is Labor Day in the United States, but workers on both sides of the Atlantic have been fighting mightily this year for better pay, better …
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MaryAnn Johanson
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loaded question: what bit of pop culture (movies, TV, books, comics, games, whatever) best captures the feeling of being disconnected with…
It’s Monday! But here in the UK, it’s also the end-of-summer bank holiday, similar to Labor Day in the US… though that’s not till next Monday. M…
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loaded question: what location-specific cultural event would you love to travel to?
It’s August, which means it’s Edinburgh Fringe time. I’ve always wanted to attend what is planet Earth’s largest performing-arts festival, and y…
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loaded question: what death scene from a movie or TV show haunts you?
This week’s question is inspired by Barbie thinking about dying: What death scene from a movie or TV show haunts you? I guess we need to be care…
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