5 min movie guide
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SHOLEM ALEICHEM : LAUGHING IN THE DARK
Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich was born in 1858 in a shtetl in a remote part of Russia that eventually became Ukraine, and when he grew he eventually became Sholem Aleichem the most celebrated Yiddish writer of all time. His father was a wealthy merchant who managed to go bankrupt make the family penniless, which was something Sholem would repeat often…
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Behind The Candelabra
Steven Soderburgh’s gloriously wonderful biopic would have horrified his subject Mr Showmanship …. if he had still been alive. Liberace was the most flamboyantly outrageous camp superstar pianist ever, who in the 1950’s & 1960’s was the highest paid entertainer in the World, but who had unbelievably spent his entire life in the Closet. He and…
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THAT GUY WHO WAS IN THAT THING
Sixteen character actors …. many of which you will (think you) recognize from countless movies and TV shows … talk disarmingly frank on camera on how tough it is to make anything approaching a living wage from their chosen profession.Without exception, all of them admitted to being a wee bit mad as a reason that…
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MUD
This coming-of-age story of two 14 year old boys … best friends .. who live in rather decrepit houseboats on thee Mississippi River with their families is sadly as slow and boring as their nearest small Arkansas town. For want of something to do Ellis and Neckbone like to explore the river and the various islands…
