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We Admitted We Were Powerless: Addiction and Recovery in "Clean and Sober" by Daniel Carlson

By Yasmina Tawil

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A searching and fearless moral inventory. Thats the phrase laid down by Bill W. in the part of AAs Big Book that outlines the twelve steps needed for recovery. Inventorys the fourth step, and it means taking an account of everything youve done thats caused harm to yourself or others. The point of the inventory is to give the addict a sense of scale and responsibility, underlining the effects of...

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By Yasmina Tawil

We Admitted We Were Powerless: Addiction and Recovery in "Clean and Sober" by Daniel Carlson

By Yasmina Tawil

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“A searching and fearless moral inventory.” That’s the phrase laid down by Bill W. in the part of AA’s Big Book that outlines the twelve steps needed for recovery. Inventory’s the fourth step, and it means taking an account of everything you’ve done that’s caused harm to yourself or others. The point of the inventory is to give the addict a sense of scale and responsibility, underlining the...

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By Yasmina Tawil

The Semi-Lost Brilliance of John Sayles Baby Its Youby Keith Phipps

By Yasmina Tawil

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Its only on the second viewing that it becomes apparent that the opening moments of Baby Its Youdouble as the film in miniature. After a bell rings to signal the end of one class period at a Trenton, New Jersey high school, senior Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) emerges from class chatting away with some friends, all of them dressed in complementary outfits that could have been taken from the...

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By Yasmina Tawil

The Semi-Lost Brilliance of John Sayles’ “Baby It’s You” by Keith Phipps

By Yasmina Tawil

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It’s only on the second viewing that it becomes apparent that the opening moments of Baby It’s Youdouble as the film in miniature. After a bell rings to signal the end of one class period at a Trenton, New Jersey high school, senior Jill Rosen (Rosanna Arquette) emerges from class chatting away with some friends, all of them dressed in complementary outfits that could have been taken from the...

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The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence, and the Power of the Movie Cameraby Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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The essential fact about the camera in non-fiction films is that it doesnt observe or document, even at its most unobtrusive. There is no such thing as a fly-on-the-wall. The camera transforms reality and creates its own truth. It doesnt lessen the impact or legitimacy of a documentary to recognize that filmmakers and subjects have their own complicated agendassometimes complementary, sometimes...

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By Yasmina Tawil

“The Act of Killing,” “The Look of Silence,” and the Power of the Movie Camera by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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The essential fact about the camera in non-fiction films is that it doesn’t observe or document, even at its most unobtrusive. There is no such thing as a fly-on-the-wall. The camera transforms reality and creates its own truth. It doesn’t lessen the impact or legitimacy of a documentary to recognize that filmmakers and subjects have their own complicated agendas—sometimes complementary, sometimes...

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By Yasmina Tawil

The Strange Alchemy of The Honeymoon Killersby Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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The story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, a.k.a. The Lonely Hearts Killers, was made for the movies. Not merely because of the tabloid punch of a criminal partnership that led to three murders and likely many more, but because the details of the case are so bizarre and endlessly fascinating. Before meeting Beck, Fernandez was a con man, trolling the personal ads for lonely, desperate older...

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By Yasmina Tawil

The Strange Alchemy of “The Honeymoon Killers”  by Scott Tobias

By Yasmina Tawil

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The story of Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, a.k.a. “The Lonely Hearts Killers,” was made for the movies. Not merely because of the tabloid punch of a criminal partnership that led to three murders and likely many more, but because the details of the case are so bizarre and endlessly fascinating. Before meeting Beck, Fernandez was a con man, trolling the personal ads for lonely, desperate older...

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