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Einstein and Eddington 2008
Einstein’s theories of relativity radically changed our understanding of the universe, both cosmic and sub-atomic, and Einstein himself became the face of the 20th century. Eddington is known only as the guy who first proved Einstein was right, although no one was prepared to believe it. This movie tells the story beautifully of how this came to be. It’s barely about the science, and instead is a well-constructed period piece about the people who changed the world despite the suffocating constraints of their era.
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The Listener 2022
Reviews at the time of this movie’s release generally mention the pandemic as the issue underlying the stories of loneliness, unhappiness, and mental illness that come pouring through the telephone line to the late-shift crisis call worker in this film. The actress in that role, Tessa Thompson does a beautiful job of embodying compassion and empathy and hinting at her own sadness in a world that is upside down for so many hurting people. I didn’t think much about the…
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The Doctor and the Devils 1985
Sometimes the rabbit holes of the internet lead somewhere. A photo of iron bars over a 19thC grave led me to an article about “mortsafes” which led to an article about grave robbers which led to the Burke and Hare murders which led to this fascinating movie, a period piece that takes place in both the foggy, filthy streets and taverns and the lavish, refined parlors of Edinburgh in the early 1800’s. The brand-new medical science of human anatomy needed…
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