We have fond memories of waiting for the big September issue of “Seventeen” to come out when we were teenagers. Now it’s “Vogue” we look forward to, and we remember trying to balance the four pounder that took up our whole mailbox a couple of years ago. That September 2007 issue of “Vogue” was the…
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If ever a film represented the “Look good. Feel good. Do good.” philosophy, it’s this moving documentary about six volunteer American hairdressers who, funded by the U.S. beauty industry, opened a beauty school in post-Taliban Afghanistan. With a sympathetic but unflinching eye, filmmaker Liz Mermin reveals the women behind the burkas — including Fauzia who…
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In the quietly powerful “Bird in Hand,” Christina Baker Kline cuts through the delicate lines of marriage and friendship, revealing their fragility. A fatal accident, which may be the story’s catalyst or climax, forever changes the lives of four people — two married couples — who are connected in more ways than they’re all aware….
