In other words, the guy is definitely not the lovey-dovey type. But that unblinking, cold-blooded aesthetic is largely what makes Amour, coming to home video after an Academy Award win for Best Foreign Language Film, so remarkable. In its depiction of an elderly Parisian couple coming to terms with illness and looming death, the film […]
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Wrangling over wellness
Putnam City Baptist Church Credit: Mark Hancock Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry sent a letter July 26 to Oklahoma City Manager James Couch and municipal counselor Kenneth Jordan outlining why the city is within its legal and constitutional rights to negotiate with Putnam City Baptist Church as a potential operating partner for one of the […]
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Fred Won’t Move Out
That might sound like emotionally exhausting stuff, but this small indie has a surprisingly light touch. Writer-director Richard Ledes is more interested in capturing the stirring moments of family life than he is in heavy-handed exploration. The elderly couple at the center, Fred and Susan (Ruby Sparks’ Elliott Gould and Choke’s Judith Roberts), reside in […]
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Constant gardener
He lost both his legs eight years ago after a jack slipped and a car fell on him. Now living at Grace Living Center on 3233 N.W. 10th, he gets around in a motorized wheelchair and has access to an outdoor garden. “It started off full of big weeds,” Hernandez said. “I cleared all of […]
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PR BS
—“Head Oklahoma State Football Coach Mike Gundy and Wife Kristen Announce Endowment Gift for Quarterback Scholarships On Facebook Video” —“CVR Energy Commences Offer to Purchase up to $100 Million Principal Amount of First Lien Senior Secured Notes and Second Lien Senior Secured Notes” —“Integrated Electrical Services Announces Organizational Changes in its Residential Segment” —“Manure-Based Materials […]