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Movie: The Teachers' Lounge

Carla, an enthusiastic new teacher, decides to do something about the petty thefts plaguing the teacher's lounge. It doesn't go great tbh. (Germany, 98min, IMDB 7.4 24k, currently on Netflix.) [more inside]
posted by fleacircus on Dec 5, 2024 - 4 comments

Movie: Sorry We Missed You

Hoping that self-employment through the gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up UK delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of this modern-day form of labour exploitation. The newest film from Ken Loach. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 11, 2020 - 5 comments

Book: Realism With A Human Face by Hilary Putnam. Part I: Metaphysics

I'm starting the discussion about the first part of the Hilary Putnam book. The lengthy introduction discusses Putnam's influences, and the essays in Part I focus on metaphysics. [more inside]
posted by Fritz Langwedge on May 1, 2016 - 0 comments

Book: Realism With A Human Face by Hilary Putnam

Our first selection is a set of essays by Hilary Putnam that covers Metaphysics, Ethics and Aesthetics, and Studies in American Philosophy in its three parts. [more inside]
posted by Fritz Langwedge on Mar 23, 2016 - 0 comments

Movie: The Heiress

A wealthy, naive young woman falls for a handsome young man who is suspected by her emotionally distant father to be a fortune hunter. [more inside]
posted by Sheydem-tants on Feb 9, 2016 - 7 comments

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