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The year was marked by filmmakers who wagered everything from a $120 million pile (Francis Ford Coppola’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13965555/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-review\">\u003cem>Megalopolis\u003c/em>\u003c/a>) to their life (the dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof’s \u003cem>The Seed of the Sacred Fig\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968679']Considering the paths of the \u003cem>The Apprentice\u003c/em> (about Donald Trump’s rise in New York) or the Israeli occupation documentary \u003cem>No Other Land\u003c/em> (which still lacks a distributor), the question of what gets released was a common and chilling refrain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That also made the movies that managed their way through — the ones that told urgent stories or dazzled with originality at a time of sequel stranglehold — all the more worth celebrating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are The Associated Press’ Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr’s picks for the best movies of 2024:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Jake Coyle’s top movies of 2024\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>1. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13968437/all-we-imagine-as-light-movie-review-india-mumbai\">All We Imagine As Light\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mgQcpmYr_A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Was this a great year for movies? The consensus seems to be no, and that may be true. But it did produce some stone-cold masterpieces, none more so than Payal Kapadia’s sublime tale of three women in modern Mumbai. It’s a grittily real movie graced, in equally parts, by keen-eyed documentary and dreamy poetry. Beguilingly, \u003cem>All We Imagine As Light\u003c/em> grows more profound as it cleaves further from reality. In theaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. ‘Nickel Boys’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2qZ429rUZw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Kapadia, RaMell Ross started out in documentary before bringing a singular eye to narrative film. His adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, about two Black teenagers at an abusive reform school in the Jim Crow South, is shot mostly from the two boys’ first-person perspective. The result is one of the most visually inventive American films of the decade and, just as certainly, one of the richest in empathy. 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Along the Poland-Belarus border, a small band of migrants from Syria and Afghanistan are sent back and forth across a wooded borderland — sometimes they’re even literally tossed — in a grim game of “not in my backyard.” It’s not an easy movie to watch, nor should it be. To keep up with the times, more uncomfortable movies like this may be needed. Streaming on Kino Film Collection, available for digital rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13956892/the-fall-guy-remake-movie-review-ryan-gosling-emily-blunt\">The Fall Guy\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7jPnwVGdZ8&t=105s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also need more big, fun movies with Ryan Gosling. David Leitch’s affectionate ode to stunt performers manages to celebrate behind-the-scenes crew members while simultaneously being completely carried by two of our most winning movie stars in Gosling and Emily Blunt. The societal value of watching Gosling cry to Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” should not be underestimated. Streaming on Peacock, available for digital rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV3Sk2zwqK4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, who was forced into exile while editing this, condenses real-life social upheaval into a family drama makes this a uniquely disquieting film. Like Kurosawa’s \u003cem>Stray Dog\u003c/em>, Rasoulof’s movie centers around a lost handgun. The subsequent search reveals just how deeply the Iranian government’s policies have seeped into the most intimate relationships. 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It’s pure joy and one of those movies you could recommend to anyone. Streaming on Hulu.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13967226/anora-movie-review-sean-baker-mikey-madison\">Anora\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It takes a special kind of movie to transcend the echo chamber of arthouse cinephelia and become a cultural moment, but Baker’s \u003cem>Anora\u003c/em> did it. A classic in waiting, Baker and his star Mikey Madison, who lifts the streetwise stripper trope, take audiences on an unforgettable ride in this fairy tale that falls apart in spectacular fashion.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. ‘Nickel Boys’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ross transforms Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel about the abuses and generational trauma of a reform school in the Jim Crow South for the screen by employing first-person point-of-view. 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Films about addiction are hardly novel, and yet Nora Fingscheidt captures the wild highs, lows and in-betweens of the human condition with unapologetic honesty. Available for digital rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>9. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13957223/evil-does-not-exist-movie-review-ryusuke-hamaguchi-nature-film\">Evil Does Not Exist\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVY4lWfrbME\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13906968/drive-my-car-may-be-the-most-absorbing-ride-you-take-all-year\">\u003cem>Drive My Car\u003c/em>\u003c/a> takes us to a small mountain village in Japan, where residents are hesitant to welcome a big city company with plans to set up a glamping site. It’s a slow-burn kind of experience, with community debates about mountain streams and septic tanks that might not sound terribly exciting and yet it’s one of the year’s most haunting and effective. Streaming on Criterion Channel, available for digital rental.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>10. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13962259/delicate-and-powerful-good-one-is-one-of-the-years-indie-breakouts\">Good One\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGZNT7qgeG4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a great year for first-time directors, including India Donaldson whose quietly brilliant character study of a teenage girl on a camping trip with her dad and his friend resonates even a year later. Streaming on Apple TV+.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also: \u003cem>The Taste of Things, Green Border, Challengers, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, La Cocina, Will & Harper, Conclave, Maria, Young Woman and the Sea, Tuesday, Lee\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It’s a concoction that only Sean Baker could conceive, let alone execute. (And, by the way, if you liked Yura Borisov’s performance alongside Mikey Madison, seek out 2021’s \u003cem>Compartment No. 6\u003c/em>.) 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David Leitch’s affectionate ode to stunt performers manages to celebrate behind-the-scenes crew members while simultaneously being completely carried by two of our most winning movie stars in Gosling and Emily Blunt. The societal value of watching Gosling cry to Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” should not be underestimated. 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Each, almost unbelievably, deftly eludes tipping into cliche thanks to abiding compassion and authenticity in the performances. Alex Thompson and Kelly O’Sullivan’s \u003cem>Ghostlight\u003c/em> is about a grieving father, a construction worker (an exceptional Keith Kupferer), who reluctantly joins a local production of \u003cem>Romeo and Juliet\u003c/em>. \u003cem>Sing Sing\u003c/em> dramatizes a real rehabilitation prison program. 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Structured around a 9-year-old boy (Elliott Heffernan) trying to make his way back to his mother (Saoirse Ronan), it is a sneakily revolutionary glimpse into and poignant elegy for worlds unexplored and stories untold. Streaming on Apple TV+.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13968437/all-we-imagine-as-light-movie-review-india-mumbai\">All We Imagine as Light\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Poetic and transportive, Kapadia’s Mumbai-set film explores the vibrations of a thrilling but brutally impersonal metropolis, the lives of three women in different stages and predicaments (forbidden love, loneliness, eviction) and delicacy of female friendships.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13960032/thelma-movie-review-june-squibb-delightful-revenge-comedy\">Thelma\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/t3iETKRp24c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/t3iETKRp24c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Josh Margolin’s debut feature about a 90-something (played by the incomparable June Squibb) on a mission to get $10,000 back from a scammer is so modest in scope and effortlessly enjoyable that it’s easy to undervalue. 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It’s a grand and thrilling adventure that could make sci-fi nerds out of us all. Streaming on MAX.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. ‘\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13967522/kieran-culkin-shines-in-jesse-eisenbergs-deft-accomplished-a-real-pain\">A Real Pain\u003c/a>’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/b2et8Vpu7Ls'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/b2et8Vpu7Ls'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Jesse Eisenberg grapples with modern and historical trauma in the disarmingly entertaining road trip film \u003cem>A Real Pain\u003c/em>, which he wrote, directed and stars in alongside Kieran Culkin as cousins on a Holocaust tour in Poland. 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Films about addiction are hardly novel, and yet Nora Fingscheidt captures the wild highs, lows and in-betweens of the human condition with unapologetic honesty. 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"content": "\u003cp>As is tradition, we find ourselves once again in the heart of holiday movie season. This year’s installments include everything from a snowman who “comes to life,” shirtless Chad Michael Murray, Jack Black as Satan, and two Donna Kelce cameos. An exhaustive list would be prohibitive for both my editorial resources and your patience, but holiday movies are too dear to too many people to skip an update about what’s shaking in this particular glittery snow globe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, we’ve broken down the highlights of the season, from the heavy-hitters to new franchise installments and goofy titles. There are casting surprises (like stars of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>), and Hanukkah movies on the way. Many of these TV movies are out as of Thanksgiving, but we’ve noted the premiere dates of those yet to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s take a tour through some highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>High-profile entries\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Every year, a few holiday TV movies poke their heads above the sea of films made for the die-hards — the people who can tell you off the tops of their heads exactly which frequent lead starred opposite Brandon Routh in \u003cem>The Nine Lives of Christmas\u003c/em> — and become known to the wider population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(It was Kimberley Sustad, obviously. She’s not only been a great lead for Hallmark, but she’s now writing for them, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few that may reach you even if you are not a close follower of this space. They lean toward Netflix, simply because of its size and reach, as well as the fact that Netflix makes fewer movies and makes a bigger deal out of each of them than some of the other providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hot Frosty’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmi794YO-0w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media may have given you the lowdown on \u003cem>Hot Frosty\u003c/em>, which ran for many days at the very top of Netflix’s list of hottest movies. But just in case: \u003cem>Hot Frosty \u003c/em>stars Lacey Chabert (of \u003cem>Party of Five\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Mean Girls\u003c/em>, and roughly 15 prior Christmas movies by my count) and Dustin Milligan (\u003cem>Schitt’s Creek\u003c/em>). She plays a woman who puts a magic scarf on a very realistic snowman who comes to life; he plays the “comes to life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What follows is a very, very silly — but fortunately self-aware — little comedy also starring Craig Robinson and Joe Lo Truglio (in a \u003cem>Brooklyn Nine-Nine\u003c/em> reunion) as local law enforcement. They are in pursuit of the snowman because they believe him to be a dangerous streaker. That’s right: a dangerous streaker. I mean, he did come to life without pants on.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Merry Gentlemen’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G80Q8-MJM1A\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of coming to life without pants on: I’ve always thought the holiday movie market needs more exotic dancers. Netflix comes through with \u003cem>The Merry Gentlemen\u003c/em>, in which Chad Michael Murray (of \u003cem>One Tree Hill\u003c/em>) and some other shirtless fellows save Christmas. He meets a woman, played by Britt Robertson, who wants desperately to save her parents’ struggling small music venue, The Rhythm Room (!).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She comes up with an idea: a PG-13 all-male revue featuring hot men she happens to know in her personal life. My favorite supporting Merry Gentleman: a local played by Maxwell Caulfield, who looked great in \u003cem>Grease 2 \u003c/em>when he was in his early 20s and looks great in this in his 60s. You go, Maxwell Caulfield. Don’t you let them touch your chest hair, either. (This, by the way, is the film that has dethroned \u003cem>Hot Frosty \u003c/em>atop the Netflix Top 10 list as of this writing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syuN4M-wa9s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Hallmark announced \u003cem>Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story \u003c/em>(Nov. 30) over the summer, it seemed perfectly clear that its intent was to capitalize on the whole Taylor Swift-and-Travis Kelce thing. And don’t get me wrong: That’s true. (Donna Kelce has a cameo — although hilariously, she also has one in Hallmark’s \u003cem>Christmas on Call\u003c/em>, which takes place in Philadelphia. No favoritism for Mama Kelce!) \u003cem>Holiday Touchdown\u003c/em> was also made as a partnership with the team, much like Hallmark partnerships that have existed in the past with locations like Dollywood (\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas-at-dollywood\">Christmas at Dollywood\u003c/a>\u003c/em>), the Plaza Hotel (\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas-at-the-plaza/about-christmas-at-the-plaza\">Christmas at the Plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/em>) and the Biltmore Estate (\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/a-biltmore-christmas\">A Biltmore Christmas\u003c/a>\u003c/em>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13921477']But \u003cem>Holiday Touchdown\u003c/em> is not directly inspired by the Travis/Taylor story. It’s about a woman (Hunter King) whose family is obsessed with the Kansas City Chiefs, and they’re being considered as part of the team’s Fan Of The Year contest. (… Sure.) She meets a guy (Tyler Hynes) who works for the team and becomes the family’s handler for the contest while also falling for her (an enormous conflict of interest, tssk). There’s a magic hat (sure!), there are many (many many) Kansas City cameos and references, and there is an avalanche of Chiefs branding. This one might be a B for regular Hallmark-ers, but it’s an A for Kansas City locals and anybody who’s ever shared a sports team obsession with people they love.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And here’s the twist! There \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a movie that looks directly Travis/Taylor inspired, and it’s over on Lifetime. Called \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://play.mylifetime.com/movies/christmas-in-the-spotlight/preview-christmas-in-the-spotlight\">Christmas in the Spotlight\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, it is about a pop megastar and a football player — he’s just not a Chiefs player. Glad we could clear this up.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Our Little Secret’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcc9G9PXTEE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsay Lohan was very charming in last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13921477/lindsay-lohan-christmas-movie-netflix-falling-for-christmas\">\u003cem>Falling for Christmas \u003c/em>\u003c/a>on Netflix; this year, she’s back with \u003cem>Our Little Secret\u003c/em>, in which she plays a woman who goes to spend the holidays with the family of her new boyfriend and runs into — dun! — her old boyfriend, who’s dating her new boyfriend’s sister. Kristin Chenoweth has the time of her life as the prospective mother-in-law, and Lindsay Lohan is, yet again, a durably charismatic lead who’s still got her comedy chops.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Franchises and sequels\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO2Vov72T3Q\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may remember 2022’s \u003cem>Three Wise Men and a Baby\u003c/em>, starring three of Hallmark’s top leading men — Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell, or as I admit I knew them for a long time while thoroughly enjoying their work, “that one guy,” “that other guy,” and “oh sure that guy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13939153']They were brothers stuck caring for a baby over the holidays. Naturally, we now get the sequel titled \u003cem>Three Wiser Men and a Boy\u003c/em>. This is mostly a straight-up family comedy; it’s one of several Hallmark is doing this year that are not really romcoms even if they have romance elements. And, driven by the charm of the three leads, it’s a lot of fun. (These stories are co-written by Campbell and … Kimberley Sustad!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a side note, it’s been interesting to see Hallmark lean into the popularity of their male leads, who, for a long time, were treated as largely interchangeable partners for higher-profile actresses. They’re even airing a reality show this year called \u003cem>Finding Mr. Christmas\u003c/em>, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, in which men compete for a spot in a Hallmark movie called \u003cem>Happy Howlidays\u003c/em>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> which will then air on Dec. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j94E_7uwYPI\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also up: BET+’s \u003cem>Brewster’s Millions: Christmas \u003c/em>(Dec. 5), a sequel about the niece of Montgomery Brewster, played by Richard Pryor in the 1985 movie. Perhaps not the sequel we were expecting this year, but hey — long waits before stories get picked up again are the norm at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We should also note a momentous franchise retirement: Between 2018 and 2023, Hallmark made the loosely connected films \u003cem>Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for You to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>. Perhaps owing to their exhaustion of the most familiar personal pronouns, they have seemingly completed this series.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is that title?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, the most enjoyable part of previewing holiday movies is looking ahead to the titles that will quite understandably make you wonder whether you are hallucinating — and then assuring you that you are not. Here are some of my favorite titles of 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A Very Merry Beauty Salon\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Lifetime, Dec. 7\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tia Mowry plays a salon owner who is preparing for a charity ball, and she meets a dashing wine CEO, and what’s not to like about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Holiday Junkie\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Lifetime, Dec. 14\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Love Hewitt co-wrote, directed and stars in this story about a woman who works with her mother as a decorator with a special fondness for Christmas. After her mom dies, she meets a Grinchy man who can perhaps help her deal with grief and also kissing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A ’90s Christmas\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Hallmark, Nov. 29\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I am deeply wounded by the suggestion that the ’90s are ready for their nostalgia run (I know, I know, you don’t have to tell me how the math plays out), but here we are. This one is about a woman who seemingly goes back to 1999 with the help of … an enchanted Uber? (The description says “a mysterious rideshare experience.” I think that means “enchanted Uber.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fun with casting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91L4X-XNBzU\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Confessions of a Christmas Letter \u003c/em>(Hallmark) is about a mom played by Angela Kinsey (of \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>) who loves her family very much but struggles with her desire to write a competitively braggy Christmas letter about them. Her ultimate goal? To impress the man at the post office who keeps a “Hall of Fame” of Christmas letters. He is played by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin on \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>). So she hires a novelist to spend two weeks writing one for her (uh, I am AVAILABLE FOR THIS GIG). While sparks do fly between said novelist and her daughter, this movie is mostly about this woman’s efforts to accept her imperfect family Christmas as the one that’s perfect for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Holiday Mismatch \u003c/em>(Hallmark) features two moms who don’t get along, who accidentally set up their adult children and then have to try to get them to break up. The moms are played by Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea, who spent years playing the two aunts on \u003cem>Sabrina The Teenage Witch\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n1GUmAhoTs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something quite different: Jack Black’s holiday movie highlight up to this point might be, well, \u003cem>The Holiday\u003c/em>. But this season, on Paramount+, in \u003cem>Dear Santa\u003c/em>, he shows up as Satan (yep), after a kid’s misspelling accidentally summons the wrong higher power at Christmas. Also around for this one: Keegan-Michael Key and Post Malone. In some ways, it’s mostly surprising that Jack Black hasn’t played Satan before now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about Hanukkah?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tohd6NlQDXc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the big purveyors of holiday movies do Hanukkah, the results can be mixed, to say the least. BUT. Hallmark made an excellent Hanukkah one last year called \u003cem>Round and Round\u003c/em>, so I have higher hopes for these entries than I used to. This year, Hallmark has two. One, called \u003cem>Leah’s Perfect Gift\u003c/em> (Dec. 8), is about a Jewish woman who loves Christmas (though she doesn’t celebrate it) and welcomes the chance to participate with her boyfriend’s family, only to find things are more complicated than they might seem. It sounds like a tough premise to get perfectly right, but also maybe like a chance for some interesting storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More straightforward-sounding is \u003cem>Hanukkah on the Rocks \u003c/em>(Dec. 13), in which a corporate lawyer ends up bartending for “quirky regulars” at a Chicago bar, goes on a quest for Hanukkah candles, and that’s about the size of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Also of note\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most Hallmark Christmas movies have until very recently had a pretty consistent soft-rom-com tone, but it feels like they’re starting to branch out a little. I enjoyed \u003cem>The Christmas Charade\u003c/em>, which is about a woman who gets wrapped up in a spy operation. It reminded me of ’80s shows I adored like \u003cem>Remington Steele\u003c/em>, where beautiful and well-dressed people have adventures while flirting. More of this, say I!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The 5-Year Christmas Party \u003c/em>(Hallmark) floats on the outstanding chemistry between Katie Findlay and Jordan Fisher, who play old friends who keep being tempted to make out all the time. It’s lovely and quite funny, and while I was watching this one, I had the thought: “It’s nice that women characters in Hallmark movies are sometimes allowed to have short hair now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ooAi6la7xU\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To say that Hallmark has a sketchy relationship with diversity is an understatement, but I liked \u003cem>Christmas with the Singhs\u003c/em>, which tries to engage with difference in a more straightforward way than their past TV movies. This one is about what it’s like to try to manage families with different holiday traditions when they’re joined by marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdW5MdKk_-s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a person with a long history of watching \u003cem>The Amazing Race\u003c/em>, I had a great time with \u003cem>Jingle Bell Run \u003c/em>(Hallmark), which follows two people thrown together on a team for what amounts to a Christmas-themed \u003cem>Amazing Race\u003c/em>. Obviously they fall in love, and it’s super-charming. It stars Ashley Williams and Andrew Walker, who are two of the bigger stars in the Hallmark firmament, and it even gently acknowledges once or twice that they’re getting older, which is very welcome. (I mean, it happens.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13922004']If you like Finland, or dogs, perhaps you’re up for \u003cem>The Finnish Line\u003c/em> (Hallmark, Dec. 1), which is about dogsledding. As a person who has parasocial relationships with many internet dogs, including some sled dogs, this spoke to me personally. (Although I don’t think its grasp on the realities of mushing is terribly firm.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So grab a blanket, grab your cocoa, grab a snuggly person or pet or just your warmest sweater, and enjoy some of the standard and not-so-standard offerings of the holiday season.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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They lean toward Netflix, simply because of its size and reach, as well as the fact that Netflix makes fewer movies and makes a bigger deal out of each of them than some of the other providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Hot Frosty’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dmi794YO-0w'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Dmi794YO-0w'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Social media may have given you the lowdown on \u003cem>Hot Frosty\u003c/em>, which ran for many days at the very top of Netflix’s list of hottest movies. 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I mean, he did come to life without pants on.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Merry Gentlemen’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/G80Q8-MJM1A'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/G80Q8-MJM1A'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking of coming to life without pants on: I’ve always thought the holiday movie market needs more exotic dancers. Netflix comes through with \u003cem>The Merry Gentlemen\u003c/em>, in which Chad Michael Murray (of \u003cem>One Tree Hill\u003c/em>) and some other shirtless fellows save Christmas. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>They were brothers stuck caring for a baby over the holidays. Naturally, we now get the sequel titled \u003cem>Three Wiser Men and a Boy\u003c/em>. This is mostly a straight-up family comedy; it’s one of several Hallmark is doing this year that are not really romcoms even if they have romance elements. And, driven by the charm of the three leads, it’s a lot of fun. (These stories are co-written by Campbell and … Kimberley Sustad!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a side note, it’s been interesting to see Hallmark lean into the popularity of their male leads, who, for a long time, were treated as largely interchangeable partners for higher-profile actresses. They’re even airing a reality show this year called \u003cem>Finding Mr. Christmas\u003c/em>, hosted by Jonathan Bennett, in which men compete for a spot in a Hallmark movie called \u003cem>Happy Howlidays\u003c/em>\u003cem>,\u003c/em> which will then air on Dec. 21.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/j94E_7uwYPI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/j94E_7uwYPI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video\">\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Also up: BET+’s \u003cem>Brewster’s Millions: Christmas \u003c/em>(Dec. 5), a sequel about the niece of Montgomery Brewster, played by Richard Pryor in the 1985 movie. Perhaps not the sequel we were expecting this year, but hey — long waits before stories get picked up again are the norm at this point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We should also note a momentous franchise retirement: Between 2018 and 2023, Hallmark made the loosely connected films \u003cem>Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for You to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Her to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas\u003c/em>. Perhaps owing to their exhaustion of the most familiar personal pronouns, they have seemingly completed this series.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is that title?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, the most enjoyable part of previewing holiday movies is looking ahead to the titles that will quite understandably make you wonder whether you are hallucinating — and then assuring you that you are not. Here are some of my favorite titles of 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A Very Merry Beauty Salon\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Lifetime, Dec. 7\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tia Mowry plays a salon owner who is preparing for a charity ball, and she meets a dashing wine CEO, and what’s not to like about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Holiday Junkie\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Lifetime, Dec. 14\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Love Hewitt co-wrote, directed and stars in this story about a woman who works with her mother as a decorator with a special fondness for Christmas. After her mom dies, she meets a Grinchy man who can perhaps help her deal with grief and also kissing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>A ’90s Christmas\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 400\">Hallmark, Nov. 29\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>I am deeply wounded by the suggestion that the ’90s are ready for their nostalgia run (I know, I know, you don’t have to tell me how the math plays out), but here we are. This one is about a woman who seemingly goes back to 1999 with the help of … an enchanted Uber? 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Her ultimate goal? To impress the man at the post office who keeps a “Hall of Fame” of Christmas letters. He is played by Brian Baumgartner (who played Kevin on \u003cem>The Office\u003c/em>). So she hires a novelist to spend two weeks writing one for her (uh, I am AVAILABLE FOR THIS GIG). While sparks do fly between said novelist and her daughter, this movie is mostly about this woman’s efforts to accept her imperfect family Christmas as the one that’s perfect for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Holiday Mismatch \u003c/em>(Hallmark) features two moms who don’t get along, who accidentally set up their adult children and then have to try to get them to break up. 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Also around for this one: Keegan-Michael Key and Post Malone. In some ways, it’s mostly surprising that Jack Black hasn’t played Satan before now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about Hanukkah?\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Tohd6NlQDXc'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Tohd6NlQDXc'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>When the big purveyors of holiday movies do Hanukkah, the results can be mixed, to say the least. BUT. Hallmark made an excellent Hanukkah one last year called \u003cem>Round and Round\u003c/em>, so I have higher hopes for these entries than I used to. This year, Hallmark has two. One, called \u003cem>Leah’s Perfect Gift\u003c/em> (Dec. 8), is about a Jewish woman who loves Christmas (though she doesn’t celebrate it) and welcomes the chance to participate with her boyfriend’s family, only to find things are more complicated than they might seem. It sounds like a tough premise to get perfectly right, but also maybe like a chance for some interesting storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More straightforward-sounding is \u003cem>Hanukkah on the Rocks \u003c/em>(Dec. 13), in which a corporate lawyer ends up bartending for “quirky regulars” at a Chicago bar, goes on a quest for Hanukkah candles, and that’s about the size of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Also of note\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most Hallmark Christmas movies have until very recently had a pretty consistent soft-rom-com tone, but it feels like they’re starting to branch out a little. I enjoyed \u003cem>The Christmas Charade\u003c/em>, which is about a woman who gets wrapped up in a spy operation. It reminded me of ’80s shows I adored like \u003cem>Remington Steele\u003c/em>, where beautiful and well-dressed people have adventures while flirting. More of this, say I!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The 5-Year Christmas Party \u003c/em>(Hallmark) floats on the outstanding chemistry between Katie Findlay and Jordan Fisher, who play old friends who keep being tempted to make out all the time. 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"content": "\u003cp>Do you have a someone in your life who plays Vulture’s Cinematrix game every morning? Or maybe they have the kitchen television turned to Turner Classic Movies all day and make a point of organizing Oscar polls at work? Hate to break it to you: They might be a hard-to-please cinephile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while you might not want to get into a winless debate over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13967891/juror-2-movie-review-legal-thriller-clint-eastwood-nicholas-hoult\">\u003cem>Juror No. 2\u003c/em>\u003c/a> release or the merits of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13965555/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-review\">\u003cem>Megalopolis\u003c/em>\u003c/a> with said person, they don’t have to be hard to buy gifts for. 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Brain Dead Studios designed and created several items, including the \u003ca href=\"https://academymuseumstore.org/products/the-matrix-hoodie?variant=44461479526577\">black hoodie\u003c/a> ($140), a white rabbit tee ($54) and a pint glass ($18).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An Academy Museum exhibition catalog\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you can’t make it to Los Angeles to check out the \u003cem>Color in Motion\u003c/em> exhibit for yourself, the Academy Museum also has a beautiful new companion book for sale ($55) charting the development of color technology in film and its impact. It includes photos from films like \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/the-red-shoes-about/12909/\">\u003cem>The Red Shoes\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/11694/10-films-you-need-to-see-to-have-a-conversation-in-san-francisco\">\u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/pop/102906/50-years-later-2001-a-space-odyssey-is-still-a-cinematic-landmark\">\u003cem>2001: A Space Odyssey\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and images of rare prints from the silent era. The Academy Museum Store is having a sale (20% off everything) from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A biography of Elaine May\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968641\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1363px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968641\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine.png\" alt=\"A book cover featuring a black and white photo of a white woman with dark hair, deep in thought.\" width=\"1363\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine.png 1363w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine-800x1174.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine-1020x1497.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine-160x235.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine-768x1127.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elaine-1047x1536.png 1047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1363px) 100vw, 1363px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius,’ by Carrie Courogen. \u003ccite>(St. Martin's Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Elaine May does not give interviews anymore. But thankfully that didn’t deter writer Carrie Courogen, who did a remarkable job stitching together the life of one of our culture’s most fascinating, and prickly, talents. \u003cem>Miss May Does Not Exist\u003c/em> is full of delightful anecdotes about the sharp and satirical comedian who gained fame as one half of Nichols and May and went on to direct films like \u003cem>The Heartbreak Kid\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Mikey and Nicky\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courogen writes about May’s successes, flops and her legendary scuffles with the Hollywood establishment. It’s a vital companion to Mark Harris’ biography of Mike Nichols. Macmillan. $30.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A status tote\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Want to look like a real film festival warrior, the kind who sees five movies a day, files a review and still manages to make the late-night karaoke party? You’re going to need the ultimate status \u003ca href=\"https://shop.mubi.com/en-us/products/back-to-black-bag\">tote from the independent streaming service MUBI\u003c/a>. Simple, to-the-point and only for people in the know. $25.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Metrograph’ magazine\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Film magazines may be an endangered species, but print is not dead at \u003ca href=\"https://metrograph.com/?v=0b3b97fa6688\">\u003cem>The Metrograph\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. Manhattan’s coolest movie theater is starting a biannual print publication “for cinephiles and cultural connoisseurs alike.” The first issue’s cover art is by cinematographer Ed Lachman (\u003cem>Carol\u003c/em>), and contributors include the likes of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13935619/in-daniel-clowes-monica-grief-nefarious-hippies-and-a-personal-apocalypse\">Daniel Clowes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13860690/midsommar-shines-a-solstice-nightmare-unfolds-in-broad-daylight\">Ari Aster\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13954796/steve-martin-apple-tv-documentary-then-now-stand-up\">Steve Martin\u003c/a> and Simon Rex. There’s also a conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://video.kqed.org/video/clint-eastwood-for-the-mule-ejnwjt/\">Clint Eastwood\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1309px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak.png\" alt=\"A 1970s-era slasher movie poster, featuring a beautiful woman being dragged away by a man-sized turkey.\" width=\"1309\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak.png 1309w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-800x1222.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-1020x1558.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-160x244.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-768x1173.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/blood-freak-1005x1536.png 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1309px) 100vw, 1309px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Blood Freak.’ Yes, that is a man-turkey kidnapping a woman. Just go with it. \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As we all know (and probably try to ignore as much as possible), this is an extremely bad time of year to be a turkey. As such, you might be wondering this \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/thanksgiving\">Thanksgiving\u003c/a> how best to distract the very sad herbivores in your life. Fortunately, we have a suggestion! It’s called \u003cem>Blood Freak\u003c/em>: a preposterous (and occasionally gory) slasher flick from 1972. Better yet: the character at the center of the movie has the head of a turkey and a thirst for human blood. (A turkey? Turning the tables on us? Doesn’t that sound like fun? Anyone? No?)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m getting ahead of myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our story begins with our leading man/future turkey (his name is Herschell) riding his motorcycle on a freeway. He pulls over to help a beautiful young woman named Angel who has a flat tire, and the two hit it off. Herschell has recently returned from Vietnam and is trying his darnedest to look like Vegas-era Elvis, which I genuinely didn’t know was a thing that anyone did unless they were kind of joking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve.png\" alt=\"A brooding man wearing a black shirt stands, black hair blowing in the breeze.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-800x445.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1020x567.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-160x89.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-768x427.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1536x854.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1038x576.png 1038w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/elvis-steve-1920x1068.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">See what I mean? \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Naturally, this being the 1970s, Herschell and Angel immediately go to a drug-fueled party at Angel’s sister Ann’s house. For some reason, hanging out in this den of iniquity is the elderly owner of a turkey farm. (Don’t ask questions!) And for some reason, he immediately offers Herschell a job. (Seems totally fine!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angel won’t stop talking about the Bible and is less fun than she looks, so Herschell does sex with Ann instead and smokes mysterious drugs that Ann provides. Hours later, Herschell finds himself sweating and writhing around in pain on Ann’s leopard-print waterbed. (You heard me…) Ann gives him more unspecified drugs to smoke, which immediately makes him feel better. Herschell then angrily declares that he is “hooked,” which is kind of amazing if you know anything at all about how drugs work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the morning, Herschell heads to the poultry farm, where his job involves eating turkey that has been chemically altered for government-related testing reasons. A variety of men wearing white lab coats are as vague as possible about the reasons for this, lest this movie make any salient points about anything whatsoever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13879754']After Herschell eats the chemically enhanced turkey, he immediately passes out in the grass and starts having seizures. When Herschell wakes up hours later, he has turned into a turkey himself — but only from the neck up because special effects are expensive. (See also: \u003ca href=\"https://kalamazoomuseum.org/full-calendar/the-fly-1958\">the grand finale of 1958’s \u003cem>The Fly\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.) Herschell stumbles back to Ann’s (on foot, which kind of sucks because I really wanted to see a turkey riding a motorcycle today).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because his mouth only makes “gobble-gobble” noises now, Herschell passes Ann handwritten notes explaining that he’s turned into a turkey mutant. Which is fairly obvious because he looks like this now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1470px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968625\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh.png\" alt=\"A man's body with the head of an evil-looking turkey.\" width=\"1470\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh.png 1470w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-800x1088.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-1020x1388.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-160x218.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-768x1045.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/hersh-1129x1536.png 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1470px) 100vw, 1470px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It’s a man-turkey. And he wants to drink your blood. But only if you do drugs. It’s complicated, okay? \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ann takes all of this pretty well and calmly makes a (frankly brilliant) speech about whether or not their kids are going to look like turkeys now. (Aside from another scene in which an attempted rapist has his leg sawn off, this is my favorite moment in the entire movie. Turkey-headed children, for the win!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13939927']Off the cuff entirely, Herschell decides to go on a killing spree, specifically targeting drug users and then drinking their blood. (One of them is a lady he called “a tramp” at the drug party, so she obviously deserves this.) When Herschell murders ladies, the same (short) scream track plays on a loop over and over again in the background and we’re not supposed to notice. Which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herschell does not have an efficient system for gathering and drinking his victims’ blood, so just cups his hands into the stream and does a slurping thing with his giant beak. GET YOURSELF A BUCKET, TURKEY-HERSCHELL. YOU’RE WASTING SO MUCH DRUG-BLOOD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13968628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 900px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13968628\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder.png\" alt=\"A man in a white t-shirt and jeans stands stunned while a man with a turkey head grips him by the neck.\" width=\"900\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder.png 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-800x564.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-160x113.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/turkey-murder-768x541.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herschell the turkey-man, doing an attack. \u003ccite>(Clamil Productions)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I don’t want to spoil the ending, but it involves finding sobriety, God and a nice pier to stand on. Also, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the fact that this entire movie is sporadically interrupted by a guy in a shiny shirt, smoking a cigarette from behind a desk and trying desperately to provide sensible, \u003cem>Twilight Zone\u003c/em>-esque commentary. (This is not very successful. In part because this gentleman is reading his lines off a piece of paper. Also in part because he resembles what would happen if Christopher Lee and Ron Jeremy combined forces to become one human.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shiny shirt guy’s real name is Brad F. Grinter and he co-wrote and co-directed \u003cem>Blood Freak\u003c/em> with Steve Hawkes. And guess who played Herschell? Steve Hawkes, that’s who! Which means Hawkes and Grinter actually did all of this to themselves, on purpose, entirely willingly. And for that? We should all be grateful.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Blood Freak’ is streaming for free on \u003ca href=\"https://watch.plex.tv/watch/movie/blood-freak\">Plex\u003c/a> right now.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Cheslik’s film, made for just $150,000 and self-distributed in theaters, has managed to gnaw its way into a movie culture largely dominated by big-budget sequels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hundreds of Beavers\u003c/em> is a wordless black-and-white bonanza of slapstick antics about a stranded 19th century applejack salesman (Tews) at war with a bevy of beavers, all of whom are played by actors in mascot costumes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No one would call \u003cem>Hundreds of Beavers\u003c/em> expensive looking, but it’s far more inventive than much of what Hollywood produces. With some 1,500 effects shots Cheslik slaved over on his home computer, he crafted something like the human version of Donald Duck’s snowball fight, and a low-budget heir to the waning tradition of Buster Keaton and \u003cem>Naked Gun\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when independent filmmaking is more challenged than ever, \u003cem>Hundreds of Beavers\u003c/em> has, maybe, suggested a new path forward, albeit a particularly beaver-festooned path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After no major distributor stepped forward, the filmmakers opted to launch the movie themselves, beginning with carnivalesque roadshow screenings. Since opening in January, \u003cem>Hundreds of Beavers\u003c/em> has played in at least one theater every week of the year, though never more than 33 at once. (Blockbusters typically play in around 4,000 locations.) More than half of its approximately $500,000 in ticket sales came after the movie went to video-on-demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Scheinert, the co-director of the best picture-winning \u003cem>Everything Everywhere All at Once\u003c/em>, recently called \u003cem>Hundreds of “Beavers\u003c/em> “the future of cinema.” That bold pronouncement, which ricocheted around film blogs, might seem extreme for a movie about a guy wearing a comically large beaver hat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h4P-26kHAw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a shrinking movie industry, DIY microbudget filmmaking may increasingly be left to fill some of the void left by risk-adverse, corporate-driven Hollywood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13968446']“I hope people can stop shooting things to make them look like commercials and just get back to more of the nitty gritty and letting your imagination flow,” says Tews, who also co-wrote the movie with Cheslik. “I just hope we stop bowing down to Hollywood and thinking they’re the gold standard. 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Taschen, with slipcase. $250.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Black in Fashion: 100 Years of Style, Influence & Culture’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968480\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.48%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"830\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.48 AM.png 830w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.48 AM-800x923.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.48 AM-160x185.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.48 AM-768x886.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A celebration of Black voices from \u003cem>Women’s Wear Daily\u003c/em>, dating to the publication’s start in 1910. There are early efforts by Black garment workers to unionize. And Josephine Baker’s 67th birthday bash. There’s the rise of the late Virgil Abloh and working designers today, including LaQuan Smith and Sergio Hudson. Union Square & Co. Text by Tonya Blazio-Licorish and Tara Donaldson. $65.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Amazing Grapes’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is Jules Feiffer’s first graphic novel for young readers. The offbeat, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist takes a family on a wacky adventure to the Lost Dimension. Feiffer said in press notes that writing for young readers “connects me professionally to a part of myself that I didn’t know how to let out until I was 60.” He’s now 95. His artwork is colorful and out of this world. Good for ages 8-12. HarperCollins. $12.99.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Women Who Changed Photography’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968481\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.00%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.00 AM.png 918w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.00 AM-800x941.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.00 AM-160x188.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.24.00 AM-768x904.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 918px) 100vw, 918px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Profiles of 50 groundbreaking female photographers through time and around the world, told in short essays. Many developed new techniques to capture images from war to fashion. The book offers tips on how to achieve the same outcomes. Cindy Sherman, Anna Atkins, Shirin Neshat and Lorna Simpson are included. By Gemma Padley. Laurence King Publishing. $24.99.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Making the Case for Equality’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lambda Legal has been fighting for LGBTQ+ rights for 50 years. This book takes readers through dozens of the nonprofit’s milestone cases, from 1973 to 2023. It profiles leading players on both sides and tells the personal stories behind the legal briefs. By Jennifer C. Pizer and Ellen Ann Andersen. With a foreword by Roxane Gay. Monacelli. $59.95.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘1001 Movie Posters: Designs of the Times’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968482\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM.png 896w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM-800x966.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM-160x193.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM-768x927.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 640-page tome offering movie art from more than 20 countries. “We’re not rated X for nothin’, baby!” declares a 1972 poster for \u003cem>Fritz the Cat\u003c/em>. It was, in fact, the first animated film to be given an X rating. Also included: 1896 Parisian lithographs for the first public screening by the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis. They were among early pioneers of cinema. By Tony Nourmand, Graham Marsh, Christopher Frayling and Alison Elangasinghe. Reel Art Press. $95.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Death and Life’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A tribute to Mexico’s beloved holiday when families welcome back the souls of their dead relatives. This lively volume unfolds with contemporary and historical context through photos and explanatory text focused on how the November holiday plays out in specific states and cities in Mexico. By Déborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena. Rizzoli New York. $65.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Dare to Bird’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968483\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.41.58%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.41.58 AM.png 1250w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.41.58 AM-800x691.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.41.58 AM-1020x881.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.41.58 AM-160x138.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.41.58 AM-768x664.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>British Columbia birder and photographer Melissa Hafting explores the joy and comfort her beloved birds have provided her in hard times, including the deaths of both of her parents. Her images of birds in the U.S. and Canada are intertwined with her personal narrative. “Who knows how many tomorrows I have left in my life, but all my tomorrows will be for the birds,” she writes. Rocky Mountain Books. $45.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Colorful’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2023, at age 102, style icon Iris Apfel began work on this book. She called it her “legacy” book. She died the following March but her voice lives on in the memories she put down here. “The book is about living. Creating. Coloring life,” she wrote in the introduction. What follows is just that: a technicolor journey in words and pictures through Apfel’s childhood, marriage, work and home. What a treat to hear her voice again. Easily browsable with digestible text. Abrams. $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Mickalene: All About Love’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968484\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.33.45%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"876\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.33.45 AM.png 876w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.33.45 AM-800x988.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.33.45 AM-160x198.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.33.45 AM-768x949.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 876px) 100vw, 876px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work of Brooklyn artist Mickalene Thomas spans painting, collage, photography and video as she expresses her vision of womanhood in this monograph that accompanies a touring exhibition. She is known for elaborate portraits of Black women using rhinestones, acrylic and enamel. The book includes essays about Thomas and her impact. “Often when I think about my love for others I think about how I see myself in them,” Thomas said in an interview included in the book. D.A.P. $60.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘LaChapelle: Lost + Found’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The surreal, color-saturated work of the renowned photographer and video artist David LaChapelle is on display in this book originally published in 2016 as part of a limited-edition boxed set. The publisher, Taschen, is now launching the volume and another, \u003cem>Good News\u003c/em>, as separate unlimited trade editions. Provocative set pieces and celebrity portraits are included. There’s a nude Pamela Anderson, a Chris Rock in Black Panther garb, an angelic Pharrell Williams and a host of others: Julian Assange, Britney Spears, Ye, Hillary Clinton and Rihanna, to name a few. $50.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968485\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.44.04%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"994\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.44.04 AM.png 790w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.44.04 AM-160x201.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.44.04 AM-768x966.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the world’s adults don’t have a grasp of basic financial concepts, according to this easy-to-follow look at how money works. What, exactly, is microfinance? What influences the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank? That and more is covered in text and engaging visuals. By Dariusz Wójcik, a widely published, award-winning economic geographer. Maps and graphics by James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti. Yale University Press. $40.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A contemplative Kobe Bryant. A fierce Ben Wallace. A cigar chomping Steph Curry. NBA photographer Nathaniel S. Butler has shot them all as the ultimate insider. The work here spans championship celebrations to moody portraits. Butler’s photos are accompanied by commentary from some of his most famous subjects. With a foreword by Patrick Ewing and an afterword by basketball super fan Spike Lee. Additional words by David McMenamin. Abrams. $55.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Gray Malin: Dogs’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968486\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.45.27%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1456\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.45.27 AM.png 1456w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.45.27 AM-800x595.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.45.27 AM-1020x758.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.45.27 AM-160x119.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.45.27 AM-768x571.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Photographer Malin plus dogs plus iconic locations around the world are what drive this fun and fluffy book. Malin replaced people with dogs to create his canine scenes. There are dogs picnicking near the Eiffel Tower. He’s got dogs settled in on a luxury private jet over Palm Beach, Florida, and dogs poolside at the Beverly Hills Hotel. His pups are on ski slopes, in vintage cars and taking in Boston on a duck boat. Let the dopamine flow. Abrams. $45.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Monacelli. $59.95.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘1001 Movie Posters: Designs of the Times’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13968482\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56%E2%80%AFAM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"1082\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM.png 896w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM-800x966.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM-160x193.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-22-at-10.25.56 AM-768x927.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 640-page tome offering movie art from more than 20 countries. “We’re not rated X for nothin’, baby!” declares a 1972 poster for \u003cem>Fritz the Cat\u003c/em>. It was, in fact, the first animated film to be given an X rating. Also included: 1896 Parisian lithographs for the first public screening by the Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis. They were among early pioneers of cinema. By Tony Nourmand, Graham Marsh, Christopher Frayling and Alison Elangasinghe. Reel Art Press. $95.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Death and Life’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A tribute to Mexico’s beloved holiday when families welcome back the souls of their dead relatives. This lively volume unfolds with contemporary and historical context through photos and explanatory text focused on how the November holiday plays out in specific states and cities in Mexico. By Déborah Holtz and Juan Carlos Mena. 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