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Fantastic Fest Film Reviews: ‘Last Night in Soho’ with Thomasin McKenzie and Diana Rigg; ‘Freaks Out’ Will Shake You
"Last Night in Soho" and "Freaks Out" were two of the most intense films at this year's Fantastic Fest.
Read More »Book Review: ‘A Land Like You’ by Tobie Nathan
'A Land Like You' by Tobie Nathan is a wonderful and magical love story that brings an era and a country to life in beautiful detail.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Churchill’s Shadow Raiders’ by Damien Lewis
'Churchill's Shadow Raiders' evocatively and entertainingly tells the shadow of the raiders - the British commandos - who helped turn the tide of WWII.
Read More »Visiting the Freud Museum in London
On your next London trip, go see the house where Sigmund Freud spent the last year of his life.
Read More »Board Game Review: ‘Pacific ’42: Admiral’ from MWE
A chess-like battle for conquest of the sea in World Ware Two's Pacific theater
Read More »Visiting the Churchill War Rooms in London
Learn more about the critical work undertaken by Winston Churchill, his War Cabinet, and staff during World War II at this historic underground bunker in London.
Read More »Exhibition Review: ‘Churchill’s Shakespeare’ at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC
'Churchill's Shakespeare' provides visitors with a comprehensive and entertaining look at how the Bard influenced the life and oratorical greatness of Winston Churchill.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Dunkirk’
Dunkirk dismisses the gory details and blood without losing the impact these violent events have on anyone.
Read More »Interview with Alexandra Weinbaum, author of ‘Careful Old Letters: A Jewish Family’s Story’
Q&A with Alexandra Weinbaum, who wrote her very moving book, 'Careful Old Letters,' after discovering a box of old family letters sent from the WWII ghettos in Europe. In Weinbaum's book, voices silenced in the Holocaust come to life.
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