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La Ciénaga
Read more: La CiénagaThese are hard times for an Amsterdam-based film buff like me. With the socially charged and inexplicable recent evictions of Amsterdam’s Slangenpand and Maagdenhuis, the city centre has also quickly lost two nice venues for interesting and unusual film screenings. Let’s just hope this will never happen to the alternative Filmhuis Cavia, which, in order…
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Haunted by Humans: A Review of The Book Thief
Read more: Haunted by Humans: A Review of The Book ThiefThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak Knopf Books for Young Readers March 14, 2006 550 pages “Here’s a small fact – you are going to die.” That’s how Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief (2006) starts. With this line, Zusak immediately sets the tone for the rest of the novel, a grim story set in…
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In Defense of a Dutch Education Reform: Why Graduating High School Should Not Have Been That Much Work
Read more: In Defense of a Dutch Education Reform: Why Graduating High School Should Not Have Been That Much WorkAbout a month ago, I first read about the possibility of a “customized” secondary school diploma in the near future, meaning that students would be able to graduate in subjects on different levels. Paul Rosenmöller, chairman of the Secondary Education Council (VO-raad), wants to implement this proposition soon. Aside from a few hang-ups, I am…
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Why writing poetry is better than going to the gym
Read more: Why writing poetry is better than going to the gymRead on to the end for an additional exercise! You haven’t been to the loo yet (the loo, loo, if you know what I mean) and feel your stomach going up and down and making loud noises and you’re all clogged up inside and have to stop running after 5 minutes for fear of exploding.…
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