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In the news: ROBERT REDFORD biography

Here's something we saw on the Washington Post, a review of the new Robert Redford biography by Michael Feeney Callan-- recommended reading for anyone.   ... more >

Never Let Me Go

From the Kazuo Ishiguro novel. It feels a little like ...
Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield
Directed by Mark Romanek

At first sight, Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go is the Harry Potter film for a modern dystopia. It nails much of what I dislike about Hogwarts Academy, the conformity, the noble-minded authoritarianism, the obedient little drone who achieves heroism through obedience and destiny rather than sacrifice. Created by the novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, the Hailsham students of Never Let Me Go are chosen by ... more >