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Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Asks You To Sit With Its Contradictions
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Soraya Roberts
October 27, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Is The Latest Entry In Martin Scorsese’s History Of Evil
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Israel Daramola
October 26, 2023
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Arts And Culture
‘The Golden Bachelor’ Turns Grief Into Joy
142
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 25, 2023
Music
You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs
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Dave McKenna
October 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Charles Bissell Has Finally Moved On From The Wrens
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Robert Rubsam
October 20, 2023
Defector At The Movies
The Survival Of Independent Cinema Begins With The Belief Of Those Who Make It
14
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Corey Atad
October 20, 2023
Into The Woods
In ‘Under The Skin’, The Woods Are The Final Isolation
59
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 20, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Gets Lost In Sleater-Kinney’s ‘The Woods’
138
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Israel Daramola
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Giri Nathan
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Patrick Redford
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David Roth
, and
Lauren Theisen
October 19, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Getting Low-Key Parasocial With It
28
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Patrick Redford
October 19, 2023
Arts And Culture
Aparna Nancherla Is My Favorite Impostor
29
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Soraya Roberts
October 18, 2023
Arts And Culture
Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’ Goes In Circles
285
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Patrick Redford
October 10, 2023
Defector At The Movies
All This Bleeding
159
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David Roth
October 7, 2023
Arts And Culture
Four Days At The Flooded New York Film Festival
34
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Israel Daramola
October 5, 2023
Arts And Culture
Joanna Arnow’s Time Has Arrived
10
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Soraya Roberts
October 4, 2023
Arts And Culture
Background Television Isn’t As Easy As It Looks
243
Comments
David Roth
September 27, 2023
Capital
The Hollywood Writers Strike Proved That Collective Action Works
132
Comments
Katharine Trendacosta
September 27, 2023
Arts And Culture
Not Even The Patron Stooge Of Fawning Biographies Can Make Elon Musk Look Good
396
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James Robins
September 22, 2023
TV
The Best Part Of Krusty The Clown’s Judaism Is That It Doesn’t Need To Explain Itself
440
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Diana Moskovitz
September 22, 2023
Hey It's That Guy
Lois Smith Is Too Cool To Be Hollywood’s Grandma
49
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Nicholas Russell
September 20, 2023
Arts And Culture
Fernando Botero Was Larger Than Life
67
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Barry Petchesky
September 18, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Psychic Self Defense’ Swallows Your Mind With Curtains And Contraptions
27
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Lauren Theisen
September 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
I’m A Card-Carrying Member Of Maria Bamford’s Cult
169
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Soraya Roberts
September 15, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
Our Delightful Game Of Cat And Mouse Continues, My Dear Arthur
88
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Justin Ellis
September 14, 2023
Animals
The Dead And The Beautiful
47
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Brigid Christison
September 13, 2023
Arts And Culture
The ‘Slough House’ Series Lets Spies Be The Losers They Are
114
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Nicholas Russell
September 13, 2023
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