An Honest Liar.
This post originally appeared on Salon by Ashlie D. Stevens.
Sometimes, there s nothing more satisfying to watch than a good con or, at least, watching how someone who has perpetrated one gets caught.
In those narratives, there s often a really appealing push-pull between admiring the artfulness of the fraudster and rooting for the investigators on their trail. It s also a brand of true crime that s a little lower stakes and inherently less problematically salacious than some of the gorier serial killer stories.
If you ve already blown through HBO Max s
Generation Hustle, a new 10-episode show about the scammers and schemers who walk among us, then check out a few documentaries and docuseries about some of the most intriguing cons in recent history. From an extreme catfisher to a man who donates forged art to museums, there s something for you.
February 26, 2021 You are being considered for the amazing opportunity of life. Another year, another Top 10. Better late than never, as they say! Though this usually happens with me, getting this list out takes a lot of time… It was a tough year to keep writing during 2020, despite watching films all the time. I saw over 400 films during the year, trying to watch as much as I could despite the lockdowns and the shut downs, and everything else going on. But here it is anyway - my personal list of my
Top 10 Favorite Films of 2020. Most of all, I just want to share my love for these glorious works of cinema. It s not that surprising that many of my favorite films are films about how magical and mesmerizing
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‘Rose Plays Julie’ and ‘Perfumes’ top this week’s streaming movies at Cleveland Cinemas and Cinematheque
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
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CLEVELAND, Ohio “Rose Plays Julie”
explores the flipside to the happy reunion between a mother and the child she put up for adoption.
There are tears of a different kind when Rose, a university student raised happily in an adopted family, forces a meeting with her less-than-interested birth mother.
Also beginning March 19, Cleveland Cinemas (Cedar Lee, the Capitol and Chagrin Cinemas) and the Cinematheque are screening fun French comedy “Perfumes.”
Director Grégory Magne’s new film about a haughty, diva-esque fragrance designer and her down-on-his-luck new driver stars Emmanuelle Devos and Grégory Montel Rose (“Call My Agent!”).