Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

“Wages of Fear” (1952, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Yves Montand is a drifter who’s come to a dreary oil town in Venezuela with hopes of striking it rich. He and his friends spend most of their time in a dingy town bar drinking and […]

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Top 5 problems
As reported by city residents to the Citizens Committee for New York City:
1. Traffic congestion
2. Dangerous intersections
3. Street noise
4. Lack of affordable housing
5. Potholes
POTHOLES???

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Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

“They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (1969, Sidney Pollack)
All of the action in this film takes place during a dance marathon on the Santa Monica Pier in 1932. Contestants dance for as long as they possibly can, with a ten minute break […]

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Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

Recession and the movies. As Daily Variety will tell you, hard times equals good box office business. That’s because Hollywood assumes that during a recession you, the moviegoing public, crave escape from your misery, and that the easiest place to […]

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Lucas’s recession film recommendations have finally arrived! Enjoy!

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Mr. Andy Pressman and 801a friend Kelly Burdick are organizing a new lecture series at Melville House tomorrow. Come by, it’s only 10 minutes long!
Though you may not be in Brooklyn during your lunch hour, I’m hoping you might be willing to train or bike out here for a “10 Minute Lecture” this Thursday. We’ll […]

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See ya there.

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