The world within four walls.…
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Magical girls saving their world.…
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A lesson in finding humanity.…
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I do solemnly swear... to take no prisoners.…
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Jenna Kalishman writes a personal tribute to Carrie Fisher.…
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Advertisements Sofia Coppola’s take on Thomas Cullinan’s novel The Beguiled (or The Painted Devil)—and by association Don Siegel’s 1971 film adaptation—is a dusky, sensual and twisted sort of fairytale. Coppola’s version is vastly different tonally, as she attempts to share the same…
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Advertisements The rather well-known phrase “as above, so below“—as stated in the title of this piece— comes from the religious, philosophical and esoteric tradition of Hermeticism, which follows Hermes Trismegistus, or the thrice-great Hermes. More specifically, this phrase descends from a school…
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Advertisements Parisienne philosophy professor Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) finds herself at odds when a series of dismaying events occur which leave her completely untethered and surprisingly free. Having arrived at her midlife chock-full of wisdom and stability, she finds herself drifting for the…
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