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A web of interconnected reasons might explain why George Miller’s long-awaited new entry to his Mad Max series failed in the box office.
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Jun 21, 2024 / Ben Schwartz
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Jun 13, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen
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Jun 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
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The adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel is a study of migration—between identities and countries and also between different historical periods and genres.
May 21, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte
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Though the movie mogul’s acquittal stunned the New York media, anyone who attended the trial without blinders could have seen it coming.
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What truly matters in Luca Guadagnino’s sexed-up tennis thriller is not the love triangle at its center but all the details that surround it.
May 1, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
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Apr 26, 2024 / Dave Zirin