sank
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“Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven’s Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists” ranks No. 18 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
This photo is of Kirsty, and is from a series taken by Michelle Sank of young people from the Black Country in their bedrooms in 2017.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022
Sank was a teenager when he first met Blumenthal, and “I Am Here” feels like a primer pitched to younger viewers.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022
In 2019, on the occasion of her 98th birthday, Polish-born Ella Blumenthal related her World War II experiences under the Nazis to documentarian Jordy Sank from her home in Cape Town, South Africa.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022
So deep the power of these ingredients pierced, Even to the inmost seat of mental sight, That Adam, now enforced to close his eyes Sank down, and all his spirits became entranced.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
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