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Armageddon Time (2022) – I can’t validate the numerous comparisons that have been made with Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans (not yet having seen the latter), but I can recommend this story of a family of New York Jews at the dawn of the Reagan era, which features themes of racism and classism, and a strange …
Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape (2016) – An alternatively exuberant and depressing documentary about the history of the cassette tape (invented in 1963) and its democratizing effect on music culture. Includes interviews with celebs like Henry Rollins, enthusiastic collectors, and the near-monosyllabic Dutch inventor who acts like he’d rather talk about anything else. Little Children (2006) …