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it has been an incredibly rich semester for film at brown. in addition to providence’s beloved french film festival (run by richard manning and the amazing people over at the mcm department) there has also been an israeli film festival, and soon enough, the ivy film festival. this is not to say anything of the [...]

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Canada is like a popular American movie remade by amateurs with French subtitles.
You recognize certain scenes, and the plot feels familiar, but somehow the whole thing is off.
Not that this is bad thing.
Indeed, I rather like it.
Valentine’s Day Trip
A recent jaunt up to Montreal for a weekend both confirmed everything I had ever remembered liking [...]

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this is the most insane advertising campaign i’ve ever seen: kevin garnett cast as a king arthur, wearing an abstracted celtics jersey, and “questing” for gatorade. but in order to find this “holy g” he must face kareem abdul jabbar (as the wizard “tim”) and other alice-in-wonderland type pop culture insanity.
i don’t even know what [...]

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