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Documentary Download: Ukrainian Stories of Sustenance and Strife

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Documentary Download: Ukrainian Stories of Sustenance and Strife

Veselka, the Ukrainian diner on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is one of the few restaurants in the city that truly deserves to be called venerable, even iconic. Mention it to most anyone — especially those of us who were here around the turn of the 21st century — and it provokes pierogi- and borscht-inflected rhapsodies, … Read more

Documentary Download: 3 Celebrity Portraits Worth Your Time

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Documentary Download: 3 Celebrity Portraits Worth Your Time

Pop open the “documentaries” section of your friendly local streaming service, and a bevy of movies about celebrities will greet you. Rockers, politicians, artists, authors, athletes — increasingly everyone you’ve heard of has a documentary, and probably served as a producer on it, too. The appeal of such films is obvious: If you like someone … Read more