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Credit: United Artists / DR Why Did I Watch It?: This movie is one that many people regard as "one of the best movies ever made". For many viewers at the time in 1957, it gave them a view into how the judicial system works from the standpoint of a jury. The movie touches on racism and prejudice, the reliability of evidence, trust in police officers, and was remade in 1997 and referenced by shows…
I’ve long meant to start watching classic and award winning movies that I’ve never seen. In college, one of my favorite courses was a Film Studies class. We watched movies such as " Stagecoach ", " Dead Man " and " Seven Samurai " - introducing me to film as an art form, famous directors such as Jim Jarmusch that I became a big fan of, and looking at cinematography with a more critical eye. My…
Nearly half of America's landfill capacity is consumed by organic waste, and this buried material silently fuels a greenhouse gas crisis far more potent than CO2. Organic waste comprises approximately 48% of landfill capacity in the United States, with food waste alone accounting for around 24% (this portion is representative of the 50% of food that we grow that gets thrown away). This massive…
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Today, Charlie Kirk was murdered on an Utah college campus during one of his controversial speaking engagements, in which he tries to “own libs” who come up to speak to him. He had reportedly just been speaking about gun violence and mass shootings in the US, which of course media outlets have glommed onto as a key part of the story. I had seen a lot of social media videos about his events, in…
A book review of the Arc of a Scythe trilogy by Neal Shusterman.