Ray Lobo

My So-Called Selfish Life

By Ray Lobo | October 2021

Most women who do not want children, at some point or other in their lives, have heard one of the following: “Whose…

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Most women who do not want children, at some point or other in their lives, have heard one of the following: “Whose going to take care of you when you...

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Wapping — The Workers' Story, directed by Chris Reeves, remembers the many print workers who had their jobs and lives ruined by Rupert Murdoch and...

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NOW ON TOPIC! As a Cuban and a lover of metal growing up, Los Últimos Frikis (The Last Freaks) was on my radar as it made the festival rounds. Director...

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A couple of miles outside of Toronto, there are over forty school buses buried deep underground. The interconnected vehicles serve as the foundation for a...

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Certain businesses make communities cohere. Small family-owned businesses such as diners, hardware stores, and bars are much more than spheres of commerce...

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Immigration policy is both divisive and complex. However, you would think that when it comes to interpreters who risked their lives to help US troops in...

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People were shocked when Titane, by French director Julia Ducournau, won the Palme d'Or. While critics hailed it as bold and original, it is uncommon for...

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"The sea's the possibility," sang Patti Smith in Land. For the Icelandic athlete Veiga Grétarsdóttir, her whole life has been about transformation and...

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Sweat opens with a hyperkinetic spectacle at a Polish shopping mall. Social media star and fitness influencer Sylwia (Magdalena Kolesnik) is doing an...

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Those looking for a primer or a refresher on Israeli history will find precisely that in director Jonathan Gruber's documentary Upheaval: The Journey of...

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