2015 film directed by Sarah Gavron

I ask no favors for my sex… All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks. —Sarah Moore Grimké, activist for women’s suffrage, 1837 As the United States Supreme Court leans increasingly to the right, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vigorous dissenting opinions and ferocious 20-push-up workouts have earned this tiny, soft-spoken, intellectual giant the status of rock star and the title “Notorious RBG.” What many don’t know is Ginsburg’s strategic, trailblazing role in defining gender-discrimination law. Intent on systematically releasing women from second-class status, she argued six pivotal gender-bias cases in the 1970s before an all-male Supreme Court blind to sexism. Now 84, and still inspired by the lawyers who defended free speech during the Red Scare, Ginsburg refuses to relinquish her passionate duty, steadily fighting for equal rights for all citizens under the law. Through intimate interviews and unprecedented access to Ginsburg’s life outside the court, RBG tells the electric story of Ginsburg’s consuming love affairs with both the Constitution and her beloved husband Marty—and of a life’s work that led her to become an icon of justice in the highest court in the land.

这是一个既献给伟大音乐家，也献给一颗伟大心灵的故事。 贝多芬的一生难称幸福。世人向往的爱情和圆满家庭与他无缘，病痛与磨难始终徘徊不散，健康的体魄也变成奢求，他要借助纸条才能与他人交流。但他从未丧失对生活的热情，始终渴望成为一个善良、高贵，并为人类献身的人。 他历经磨难，最终成就辉煌。 扬·斯瓦福德在这本厚达870页的书中倾注了大量心血。像我们一样，他被贝多芬吸引，先是被音乐，然后是被这个人本身吸引。是什么造就了《月光》，是什么造就了《悲怆》，是什么让人们看到贝多芬的名字，脑海中便响起一阵阵旋律，不论是是细腻优美的，还是振聋发聩的。这本书想要做的，就是在旋律之中还原贝多芬的真实形象。这个形象也许厌世、粗鲁、多疑，却有血有肉，令那些音乐作品更加立体，更有韵味。