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WaPo: “We watched 15 straight hours of ‘Little Women,’ and things got weird”

WaPo writers Caitlin Gibson and Monica Hesse watched a whole bunch of adaptations of “Little Women” over 15 hours and rated them. They started in…

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“Little Women” “This Movie Is Big” Says New York Times and Others

With the Civil War and Reconstruction Era film Little Women set to open on Christmas Day, the reviews are rolling in. Nearly all are quite…

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Smithsonian: New “Little Women” Brings Aspects of Alcott’s Life to the Screen

Louisa May Alcott’s real life makes an appearance on the screen as it is incorporated into the new movie version of Little Women. The new…

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New Yorker’s David Remnick Interviews Greta Gerwig on “Little Women” Film

Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” will be in theaters next week. Gerwig was interviewed recently by New Yorker editor David Remnick. She told him…

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Both “Harriet” & “Little Women” Getting on a Lot of “Best Movie ” Lists

“Harriet” and “Little Women are making it onto many “Best Film” lists as we enter the final month of the year. The New Yorker’s list…

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Slate Reviews “Little Women,” Says It Is Best Movie Version Ever

Little Women will not be in the theaters until Christmas, but the reviews are starting to appear and they are generally quite good.  While there…

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This May Be Your Last Chance to See “Harriet” in Theaters

Most “small” films get a four week national theatrical release. The new film “Harriet” on Harriet Tubman is now in its fifth week of release,…

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How Reconstruction Fantasy “Song of the South” Became “Splash Mountain” by Dropping All the Black People

Here is the last episode of the podcast Six Degrees of Song of the South which is devoted to the Disney Reconstruction fantasy Song of…

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Podcast: Why “Song of the South” Was More of a Success in the 1970s than the 1940s

The podcast Six Degrees of Song of the South looks at why a film that was only a moderate success when it first came out…

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Podcast: Did You Know That Disney Hired a Communist to Help Prepare the Script for “Song of the South”?

The podcast “You Must Remember This” continues its series on Disney’s song of the South. Walt Disney knew he was going to get criticized as…

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