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Currently Reading R#J Review: Confined to Digital Screens, Romeo and Juliet Update Feels More Like an Experiment Than a Movie
Carey Williams bold technological gamble finds some contemporary relevance but eschews narrative purpose for its unique setting.
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Director: Carey Williams
With: Camaron Engels, Sydney Graham, Moe Irvin, RJ Cyler, Siddiq Saunderson, Francesca Noel, Maria Gabriela de Faria, Diego Tinoco, Russell Hornsby.
Running time: Running time: 91 MIN.
Courtesy of Sundance Institute
There are instances in director Carey Williams’ boldly experimental yet wearisome “R#J” that genuinely grasp the essence of romance, identity and existence in the age of social media. Those fleeting but relatable moments feel like major triumphs in Williams’ Gen Z-centric adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet,” a movie that unfolds almost entirely on electronic screens. And you get a taste of them enough times
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I Hear Dead People: Scientists Shed Light On Clairaudience
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Clairaudient mediums report hearing the voices of the deceased
A team of researchers conducted a study on why some people report being able to hear spirits
In the survey conducted by the researchers, spiritualists scored higher in absorption or the tendency to be fully immersed in stimuli
Being prone to absorption could be behind the eventual adoption of spiritualist beliefs
Ever wondered about those who can hear dead people? A team of researchers has recently figured out how and why some people claim hearing spirits.
Under the spiritualism movement s beliefs, mediums can communicate with the souls of people who have already passed. Compared to clairvoyant mediums or those who can see spirits and clairsentient mediums who can sense or feel spirits, clairaudient mediums can hear spirits.
Solar, wind producers back Tesla direct sales push
Tesla wants direct sales, but dealers say no. State lawmakers must decide
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ALBANY The perennial push to allow direct sales of electric vehicles like Tesla and the new Rivian truck should get some traction this year as a major green energy group has joined the effort.
Tesla Motors and traditional auto dealers have for several years now battled over whether vehicles can be sold directly to consumers, similar to how Apple computers operates its Apple stores.
The dealers, who are typically franchisees and agree to purchase and retail cars ranging from Chevrolets and Fords to BMWs, oppose that idea because it cuts them out of the equation. They have since 2014 successfully fended off bills in the state Legislature that would allow Tesla to operate a fleet of statewide direct-to-consumer stores. Tesla currently has only five stores in the New York City metropolitan area.
Hamilton Chukyo Brokerage Comments On Lucid Motors Reportedly In Talks To Go Public
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / January 12, 2021 / Hamilton Chukyo Brokerage has today commented on electric carmaker Lucid Motors Inc., as the firm considers going public via a merger with one of Michael Klein s special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC). The deal could be valued at up to $15 billion, commented Anthony Roberts, Head of Institutional Trading at Hamilton Chukyo Brokerage. Lucid is working with financial advisers, and the talks are ongoing, he added.
Michael Klein, a former Citigroup Inc. rainmaker, has two SPACs hunting down deals. The vehicle weighing a deal with Lucid is Churchill Capital Corp IV, the larger of the two, raising more than $2 billion last year.