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Intimate Streams: Nomadland, Pieces of a Woman, Supernova

The COVID pandemic has not only shut down the American theater but it has also transformed the movie business—perhaps permanently. With movie theaters largely shuttered, viewership has shifted to home couches and is only now beginning to move back to the cineplexes. As a result, large-scale comic-book epics (or “teenage boy” pictures) have been postponed …

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5 Netflix Sports Docus that Will Inspire Your Inner Artist

Sports is many things, but an inspiration to artists can seem like a stretch. After all, sports is about competing in a zero-sum game that is increasingly becoming data-oriented. But athletes and artists are still both human and several Netflix sports documentaries flesh this out. Busy online Super Bowl betting proves not even a pandemic …

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Ma Rainey Sings the Blues with Passion and Rage

In the 20th century, the number of African-American playwrights who have had financially successful, non-musical productions on Broadway can be counted on the fingers of one hand—Lorraine Hansberry (A Raisin in the Sun) and August Wilson (Fences, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, etc.). The situation has not improved much in the 21st. The record of …

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From Birds of Prey to Cats: 4 Movie Soundtracks That Made Their Mark in 2020

Frankly, 2020 hasn’t seemed like the year for movies, but with most of us still exercising a stay-at-home order, binging everything on Netflix has become the new normal for most to help pass the time. Movies can totally teleport us from our couches, beds, floors into new worlds, full of fantasy, excitement, and more. Marking …

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5 Netflix Docus & Movies to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

The famous designer for Esquire Magazine George Lois once commented, “Creativity can solve almost any problem.” But what to do if the problem is a lack of creativity itself? Even the greatest of minds get stuck in creative ruts. It is, therefore, equal parts surprising and humorous to discover that creative sparks can come from …

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Building an Empire: How Netflix’s Narcos Has Grown to Become a Multi-Media Hit

Wanna take down an empire? Divide it. Narcos: Mexico Season 2 premieres February 13 on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/ynE6uh8Ilr — Narcos (@NarcosNetflix) January 28, 2020 Netflix has been on a fascinating journey since it was founded in 1997, growing from simply being a platform for hosting film and TV titles to producing its very own original content …

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Rolling Thunder Review

As my Netflix Rolling Thunder Revue video disappeared from my computer screen, I smiled and said to myself, “After all, this is a great country!” Hard to believe in the era of Donald Trump’s exceedingly anti-social and dangerous buffoonery; however, Martin Scorcese has created an epic film that both touches on nostalgia and invigorates the present. …

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