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Cinema
Pierce Brosnan Proves Poignant in a Nostalgia-Heavy World War II Story
An amalgam of a road trip dramedy, an emotional memory piece and a nostalgic look at the glory of World…
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A Man With No Title by Xavier Le Clerc review – a poignant hymn to an Algerian father | Autobiography and memoir
In a recent interview, French Algerian novelist Xavier Le Clerc said he feels otherness in his bones. When his father…
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The Outrun by Amy Liptrot review – brutal yet poignant account of life on the edge | Books
Amy Liptrot never imagined she would be back in the remote Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland where she…
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Cinema
A Coolly Poignant Surveillance-Era Allegory
Japanese director Neo Sora is no catastrophist: the vision of dystopia he puts forth in his coolly compelling first fiction…
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Literature:
All My Precious Madness by Mark Bowles review – poignant meditation on masculinity and alienation | Fiction
Mark Bowles’s striking debut explores working-class identity, masculinity and alienation. Like the author, Bowles’s narrator Henry Nash grew up in…
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