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Arts And Culture

‘I Want Your Sex’ Is A Raunchy Plea For Young People To Have More Fun

Arts And Culture

For Better Or Worse, ‘The Odyssey’ Is Peak Christopher Nolan

Defector At The Movies

What’s The Worst Movie You’ve Ever Watched In A Theater?

Arts And Culture

‘Citizen Vigilante’ Is The Latest Product Of The Culture Of Petulance

Tennis

‘The Final Set’ Tells The Story Of Tennis’ Greatest Rivalry Becoming A Friendship

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‘The Sheep Detectives’ Made Me Baaaawl My Eyes Out

Arts And Culture

‘Michael’ Is The Most Cynical Attempt At Biopic Myth-Making Yet

Arts And Culture

Dam It All To Hell

March 20, 2026
This Is So Stupid

A Series Of Facts About ‘Goat,’ The Steph Curry Goat Movie

March 17, 2026
Arts And Culture

Brooches Won The Oscars

March 16, 2026
Arts And Culture

Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Gets His Coronation

Arts And Culture

Emerald Fennell Now Going Moor-To-Moor Trying To Shock People

February 19, 2026
Arts And Culture

We Live In The Bone Temple Now

January 23, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘Marty Supreme’ Bears Us Into The New World

December 30, 2025
Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Merv’

Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘She’s Making A List’

Defector At The Movies

Everything I Remember About ‘Ella McCay’

December 15, 2025
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‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Defines Justice Differently

December 12, 2025
NFL

The Bills’ Hallmark Christmas Movie Is An Infomercial For A Health Insurer

December 9, 2025
Arts And Culture

Hal Hartley Is Still Figuring It All Out Onscreen

December 5, 2025
Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Jingle Bell Heist’

By Sabrina Imbler, Dave McKenna, and Leigh McKenna
December 4, 2025
Arts And Culture

In ‘Die My Love,’ Motherhood Is A Mad Mad Mad World

November 11, 2025
Arts And Culture

‘One Battle After Another’ Isn’t Up For The Fight

October 30, 2025
Defector At The Movies

What Even Is ‘After The Hunt’?

Defector At The Movies

Movie Theater Popcorn In New York City, Ranked

October 17, 2025
Arts And Culture

Diane Keaton’s Face Told The Story

October 14, 2025
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‘HIM’ Is A Non-Starter

September 25, 2025
Arts And Culture

Hurricane Katrina Showed How Quickly It Can All Fall Apart

August 27, 2025
Arts And Culture

Seek And Destroy

August 25, 2025
Defector At The Movies

Twelve Minutes Of Ice Cube Stumbling Around An Empty Office In An Escalating Panic Almost Redeems The Rest Of ‘War Of The Worlds’

August 18, 2025
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Four Thoughts About ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’

Bills Week

In Bill Paxton’s ‘Frailty,’ Certainty Is The Scariest Thing There Is

July 18, 2025
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