Music Break: Five soundtracks from 2015 I’m currently obsessed with

Most people who know me know I have an old school taste when it comes to music. I basically only listen to genres. One is classical music – my radio dial goes back and forth from MPR news to Classical MPR 99.5, and I'm not ashamed that I owned two Sarah Brightman CDs. The other is movie music [natch] My CD changers …

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2015 Recap: Top 10 Best + 5 Worst Movies of the Year

It's THAT time of the year again… time for film bloggers to rake our brains to do the tricky-but-fun process of selecting the best films they've seen all year. I was going to post this on December 31 but due to my East Coast trip I had to delay it until I'm back home. Suffice to say …

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MSPIFF 2015 Review: GIRLHOOD (Bande de Filles)

One of my favorite things about film festivals is that you get to see indie gems like Girlhood that you otherwise wouldn't even find. It's especially gratifying to see a female-centric drama that's written AND directed by a female filmmaker, Céline Sciamma. Girlhood or Bande de Filles (Gang of Girls) is primarily centered on a …

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