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“I wanted to create a space and a platform for the underdogs and outcasts like me.”
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“I wanted to create a space and a platform for the underdogs and outcasts like me.”
With mental health needs rising, federal cuts threaten vital services — leaving
unhoused individuals with fewer paths to recovery and stability
Diane Lance, a well-known national advocate for victims’ rights, currently serves as the director of Metro’s Office of Family Safety.
Thank God Room In The Inn is so understanding.
It’s been about five years since the Covid-19 pandemic turned the entire world upside down and turned every home with children into a virtual classroom.
Writer-director Asif Kapadia’s latest film offers viewers a glimpse of an American dystopia of the near future, about 50 years from now. 2073’s opening montage of drones, cameras, bombed-out looking cityscapes and rampant arrests and police brutality plays out while a bit of onscreen text tells viewers that the movie takes place 37 years after “The Event.”
In New San Francisco, Capital of the Americas, everything is covered in dust and rust, and a toxic golden haze fills the air. It’s got none of the charm of a foggy day in the City by the Bay, and all of the trappings of nearly every sci-fi film focused on terrible tomorrows. Beyond the opening, 2073 might feel familiar to viewers because it’s based on French filmmaker Chris Marker’s classic experimental 1962 film, La Jetée. La Jetée was also the inspiration for Terry Gilliam’s film 12 Monkeys.