From our Books, movies and music section: If you want a break from Yellowstone, consider a challenging, humanistic and uplifting film by legendary Japaneses director Akira Kurosawa, “Red Beard” (1965)…

From our Books, movies and music section: an informative and well-written collection of essays by Rebecca Solnit, on feminism, rape culture, toxic “masculinity” and related subjects…

Undoubtedly, you know one or more people in your life who should read this.

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December 27, 2022December 27, 2022

From out Books, movies and music section: Matt Damon and the Bourne movies, always good…

From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jun/14/the-bourne-identity-surprise-hit-changed-action-film-making?

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June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

From our Books, movies and music section: Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972), a powerful anti-war film from director Kinji Fukasaku, about a woman’s travails in seeking the truth about her Japanese soldier husband years after WWII has ended…

Well worth a watch. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Flag_of_the_Rising_Sun

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May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

From our Books, movies & music section: Sapiens, a fascinating read on the history of mankind, how we got here (spoiler alert: nothing God-given) & how the future will probably not be what we think it will be…

A definitely recommended read, by Yuval Noah Harari.

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May 28, 2022May 28, 2022

From our History section: it’s the birthday of poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky, who said, “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them”…

From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brodsky

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May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

From our Books, movies and music section: Gary Cooper (High Noon, For Whom The Bell Tolls and other classics) was born on this date in Helena in 1901…

From History: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gary-cooper-born?

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May 7, 2022May 7, 2022