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Sense of ‘Selfie’

Brendan Williams Selfies are, indeed, an art form. From the self-portraiture by Rembrandt and Raphael during the Renaissance to the age of perpetual social media feeds and disappearing Snapchats, selfies have been a thing — a beautiful, culture-enriching thing at that. In Selfies: An Exploration on Identity, curators Mary Kathryn Moeller and Krystle Brewer — […]

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Come Out and Play

Francis (Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lola Versus) and the very pregnant Beth (the genetically blessed Vinessa Shaw, Side Effects) rent a boat to explore the nearby island of Punta Hueca (can’t-be-accidental translation: Hollow Point). Under a sweltering sun, they find a few kids at the dock and seemingly no else along the village’s roads or in its […]

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Identity Thief

Yes, it’s stupid. But it stars Jason Bateman, one of the scant few actors currently working who can turn the otherwise throwaway line “The fuck you are” into a genuine laugh. Recently seen showing his dramatic side in Disconnect, Bateman reunites with Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon as Sandy Patterson, a Denver family man whose […]

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CFN Quote of the Week

“Part of their (women’s) identity is the potential to be a mother. They are being asked to suppress and radically contradict part of their own identity, and if that wasn’t bad enough, they are being asked to poison their bodies.” —Dr. Dominic Pedulla, an OKC cardiologist, to the Tulsa World. State Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, […]

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CFN Quote of the Week

“Part of their (women’s) identity is the potential to be a mother. They are being asked to suppress and radically contradict part of their own identity, and if that wasn’t bad enough, they are being asked to poison their bodies.” —Dr. Dominic Pedulla, an OKC cardiologist, to the Tulsa World. State Sen. Clark Jolley, R-Edmond, […]

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Identity

Acorn Media has released the complete series on a two-disc set that’s worth landing on crime fans’ radar. While its concept sounds suspect — stolen identities are investigated — the execution is near-expert. It’s not, as I expected, half-a-dozen hours of people fretting over check fraud. Thankfully, it’s more complicated than that, and the stakes stand […]

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