Tagged: yam recommends

In the Flesh 2

In the Flesh

If the living dead could be ‘rehabilitated,’ could they still return to their previous lives?

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Before Midnight

The third installment in Richard Linklater’s trilogy reminds us that love isn’t always perfect in the most bittersweet way.

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Shan Ren Band – Listen to the Mountain

It’s not every day that I come across a band that can successfully integrate traditional folk with reggae, ska, and elements of bossa nova. But Shan Ren Band does just that with inspiring deftness in their latest offering, Listen to the Mountain.

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Esi Edugyan – Half-Blood Blues

Jazz musicians of mixed nationalities and ethnicities struggle to survive Nazi Berlin and occupied Paris. Decades later, the survivors still face the consequences of their choices.

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Behind the Candelabra

Soderbergh’s TV movie is a wonderfully entertaining look at the relationship between Liberace and his young lover, Scott Thorson.

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Frances Ha (2012)

Frances Ha is an absolutely delightful comedy that captures just what it’s like to be a young woman discovering yourself.

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Squid and the Whale, The

Noah Baumbach’s film is a great look at the breakdown of a family going through divorce that is simultaneously hilarious and depressing.