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Film & Television

Saturday, April 30, 2022

‘Anaïs in Love’ is balmy, half-baked romance

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The film positions its only point of intrigue as its lesbian romance, an insufficient measure given its lack of depth and inchoate narratives.
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Culture Shot

Wednesday, December 1, 2021
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Sally Rooney’s renaissance: How ‘Normal People’ captures early adulthood

Considering the brevity of her work, how is it that Rooney has swiftly become this acclaimed literary sensation?
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Culture Shot

Monday, November 15, 2021
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4 books to make you fall in love with reading this autumn

Each of these four books practically insist on being read by the fire with a mug of hot chocolate and a flannel blanket.
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Literature

Thursday, September 23, 2021
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Sally Rooney’s ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’: On loving, making art on the brink of societal rupture

The novel excels in the way it shifts focus from the individual and onto the relationship.
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Film & Television

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Hulu’s ‘Normal People’ exudes vicious vulnerability

Intimacy, according to “Normal People,” is a living, breathing entity that exists between two people, suspended in a web of vulnerability.
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