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Defector At The Movies
Good, Bad, Or Invisible, CGI Makes Movies Unreal
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Corey Atad
March 8, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘Dune’ Novels, Ranked By Unfilmability
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Danny Sullivan
March 5, 2024
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Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Reviews The People’s Radiohead Album
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Israel Daramola
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Giri Nathan
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Patrick Redford
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Lauren Theisen
March 4, 2024
Interviews
“It Really Matters If Somebody Has Bad Taste”: An Interview With Book Critic Becca Rothfeld
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Nicholas Russell
March 4, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘Dune: Part Two’ Is Big, Bold, Loud, And Still Missing Something
178
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Israel Daramola
March 1, 2024
MLB
How To Throw A Baseball And Live Forever
147
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Lauren Theisen
February 29, 2024
Arts And Culture
Australians Just Have More Fun (On TV)
105
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Soraya Roberts
February 21, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Everything I Remember About ‘Madame Web’
505
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Kelsey McKinney
February 20, 2024
Arts And Culture
Vince Staples Gets Lost In His Own Show
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Israel Daramola
February 16, 2024
Defector At The Movies
‘American Fiction’ And The Wet Eyes Of The Sentimentalist
125
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Jason England
February 16, 2024
Arts And Culture
Here’s To Cecilia Gentili
30
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Sean T. Collins
February 16, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘The Traitors’ Is The Best Show On Television
131
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Kelsey McKinney
February 15, 2024
Arts And Culture
I Am A ‘Top Boy’ Boy Now
61
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Drew Magary
February 15, 2024
Defector Reads A Book
From Hell’s Heart We Blog At Thee: Let’s Chat About ‘Moby-Dick’
170
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Sabrina Imbler
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Kelsey McKinney
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Barry Petchesky
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Patrick Redford
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David Roth
February 14, 2024
Arts And Culture
It’s A Great Time To Be A Plagiarist
122
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Soraya Roberts
February 14, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Usher Super Bowl Halftime Moments, Ranked
211
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Israel Daramola
February 12, 2024
Arts And Culture
Can Usher Escape The Nostalgia Trap?
101
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Israel Daramola
February 9, 2024
Arts And Culture
Maybe It’s Not So Bad Being ‘Mere Mortals’
21
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Patrick Redford
February 6, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Song Goes On Even If We Don’t
167
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Barry Petchesky
February 6, 2024
Arts And Culture
To Love ‘Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans,’ You Must Loathe It
74
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Israel Daramola
February 1, 2024
Music
A Notorious Pitchfork Reviewer Was My Biggest Musical Influence
250
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Dan McQuade
January 31, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘Origin’ Fails As Both Homework And Entertainment
76
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Nicholas Russell
January 30, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Stuck In The One-Woman Myth
186
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Lauren Theisen
January 29, 2024
Elder Wisdom
Ballet Brought Me Back To My Body
43
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Soraya Roberts
January 26, 2024
Arts And Culture
The Five New Playboi Carti Songs, Ranked
59
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Israel Daramola
January 24, 2024
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