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Ghost Tropic: A Muslim cleaning woman sleeps through her subway stop and must get home on foot. (Belgium)
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Fire Will Come: A released prisoner returns to his rural home to live with his hermit mother. (Spain)
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Vitalina Varela: A Cape Verdean woman travels to Lisbon to rejoin her husband, learns he has died, and follows traces of his secret life. (Portugal)
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His House:An allegorical horror film about a couple from South Sudan who relocate in an English town. (U.K.)
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Black Bear: A filmmaker and a couple sharing a remote Adirondack cottage are drawn into a convoluted, compelling artful experiment. (U.S.A.)
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Why not carve out time for a writing retreat through The Muse & The Marketplace? Organized by Boston’s nonprofit creative-writing center Grub Street, the annual conference is held online this year during two April sessions.
During week one, April 21-25, more than 65 speakers and workshops will offer lessons and insights to writers of all styles, genres, and experience levels. Literary agents will also be on hand at small-group “Shop Talk Happy Hours” to discuss manuscripts they’d like to see. Week two, April 28-May 2, is reserved for the popular Manuscript Mart. Writers meet one-on-one to discuss a 20-page excerpt of their work with an acquiring editor at a publishing house or literary journal. And this year, Grub Street has added a new event: Premium Workshops. Guest authors will lead in-depth sessions focusing on elements of writers’ specific manuscripts, and offer consultations and feedback. “All sessions, discussions, agent meetings are very rig
Where to keep kids busy during February vacation
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By Kara Baskin Globe Correspondent,Updated February 12, 2021, 8:00 a.m.
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Looking for a winter walk? Try the newly illuminated Emerald Necklace.
Although the concept of school vacation has somewhat lost its meaning during the pandemic â sort of like snow days, happiness, and relaxation â it does still exist. Schools throughout Massachusetts will take time off next week, and you probably need ways to occupy your kids. Fortunately, there are options. Read on for ways to fill your schedule and soothe your mind.
Christopher Plummer reflects on âBarrymoreâ and the acting life
By Don Aucoin Globe Staff,December 1, 2012, 6:00 p.m.
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âItâs extraordinary what was going on in those close-ups. Theyâre very revealing,ââ says Christopher Plummer of the film version of âBarrymore.âImage Entertainment
As he prepares to celebrate his 83d birthday next week, Christopher Plummer can look back on an uncommonly satisfying year.
In February, Plummer made history, becoming the oldest winner of an Academy Award for acting when his performance in âBeginnersââ (as an elderly father who acknowledges his homosexuality after his wife dies) earned him an Oscar for best supporting actor.