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Home video: 'The Big Sick' is a modern love story

September 23, 2017 at 4:24AM
In this image released by Lionsgate, Kumail Nanjiani, left, and Zoe Kazan appear in a scene from,"The Big Sick." The film, written by Nanjiani and his wife Emily Gordon, chronicles their relationship from the start, when the Pakistan-born Nanjiani was trying to make it as a stand-up in Chicago and Gordon was in a coma. (Sarah Shatz/Lionsgate via AP)
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in “The Big Sick.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A modern love story

"The Big Sick" — penned by Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily V. Gordon, based on their real-life courtship — is one of the sweetest and funniest love stories of the year. Kumail wants to believe that the troubles he's having at home are particular to his background but learns through Emily's parents that those issues are shared by people around the world. Director Michael Showalter makes some serious points without tearing apart the tapestry of the romance.

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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