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April 03, 2013

This week's find, Children Underground, almost won an Oscar and is so grim it could cause you to lose your will to live.

Netflix Finds: NoBody's Perfect

By Sarah Bennett

March 07, 2013

Surely the finest German documentary about a calendar of nude "Thalidomiders" that Netflix has to offer.

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Eat Prey Drug: Summerland

Escaping a catastrophic blizzard to take peyote in the Arizona desert, Paul Kwiatkowski concludes his investigation into alternate perceptions of consciousness.

The Biggest Little-Known Influence on H. P. Lovecraft

M. R. James was an English author, scholar and inspiration to Lovecraft, though the world may have forgotten it.

The Sun Don't Shine on a Moonshine Still

Get a bleary-eyed view of moonshining from a modern day bootlegger.