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Cannes 2019: Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo, Sibyl, It Must Be Heaven
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of the latest by Abdellatif Kechiche, Justine Triet, and Elia Suleiman.
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of the latest by Abdellatif Kechiche, Justine Triet, and Elia Suleiman.
The Oscars race has hit a holiday lull. It's a good time to pause and take stock of nominations.
Female Pleasure Is the Real TV Taboo; Blue Is the Warmest Controversy; Condescending to Vincent Price; Why Journalists Should Learn to Code; an MFA writing workshop for the Bible.
Sheila writes: Thank you all for taking the time to answer our survey! We will keep you posted on any changes that may come about. So let's get to the newsletter, shall we? Jack Kerouac famously wrote the majority of "On the Road" on one long scroll of paper. Kerouac found that taking the time to remove the finished pages off of the typewriter and replacing them with a fresh sheet interrupted his flow. California artist Paul Rogers, who has done ten book covers for Random House UK of Hemingway classic, has created an online scroll of beautiful illustrations for Kerouac's novel. Evocative and gritty, they make a great companion piece for "On the Road". You can see more of Paul Rogers' cool work at his site.
Barbara Scharres reports on the winners at the Cannes Film Festival.
"Only God Forgives" commits the unforgivable sin of being boring, "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" is about old white men arguing about race, and "Blue is the Warmest Color" takes its time to follow the transition from uncertain teenager to knowing adult.
