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Southern Movie 53: “The Blood of Jesus” (1941)
Low-budget and stark, 1941’s The Blood of Jesus was one of several “race” films from African-American filmmaker Spencer Williams. In the early 1940s, films by…
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Reading: “Still Life with Oysters and Lemon” by Mark Doty
Still Life with Oysters and Lemon by Mark DotyMy rating: 5 out of 5 stars This is where being open to suggestions works out well. It…
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The Great Watchlist Purge of 2021
Watching movies, particularly independent films and old classics, is one of my longtime hobbies. Among my favorites have been 1982’s Beastmaster and 1970’s Rio Lobo…
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What’s in Store for 2021?
In Winter Sketches of Newtown will go to press in mid-January. This 92-page monograph comes from an Alabama Bicentennial Commission-funded student project. The book contains…
