Seven Great Movies That Helped Us Survive 2020
Certainly, 2020 changed how we watch movies. The living room sofa and the streaming service stood in admirably for the cinema seat and the projector as we all soldiered through…
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Carlson Holt
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Who Was The Artist of the Decade? Different Metrics, Different Results
Near the end of October, the American Music Awards announced they would be presenting Taylor Swift the Artist of the Decade trophy at this year’s ceremony. The AMAs arrived at…
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Making the Most of Your KiwiSaver: What You Need to Know
KiwiSaver has made the news lately, having recently surpassed $60 billion in total savings! Most of us might be surprised by how much or how little of our own KiwiSaver…
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Fusion Cuisine: Where Did Fusion Dishes Really Come From?
Across all the destinations he visited, the lesson that Anthony Bourdain taught us was simple: Food is perhaps the greatest gateway into a culture’s past and present. So, what do…
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Cultural Appropriation: Johnny Depp Savaged for Dior Ads
The spectacular flame-out of Dior’s Native-American-themed fragrance line seems predictable in hindsight (and foresight, and pretty much any other type of sight), but the fallout has given rise to some interesting questions about cultural appropriation in advertising.
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New Zealand’s Doc Edge Films Are Making Their Way to Netflix
The 2019 Doc Edge International Documentary Film Festival has come and gone after successful runs in Auckland and Wellington. Fortunately, your chance to see some of the featured documentaries has…
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Quiz: What’s Your Travel Genre?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired…
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Editorial: When That Thing You Like “Hasn’t Aged Well”
My philosophy as a film critic is fairly simple: critics matter because expertise must count for something in a just and fair society, and their assessments should be taken seriously,…
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Are Trend Forecasters Calling The Creative Shots?
Trend forecasting, somewhat predictably, has its roots in the fashion world; a dynamic, rapidly evolving, and consummately subjective industry. Forecasters position themselves at the forefront of the creative wheelhouse, attending…
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Why a Lengthy Guest List for Your Wedding is Overrated
Let me start with a personal story. I got engaged on Christmas Eve, 2016. As an American living and working in Vietnam with my South African fiancé, we had some…
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