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Movies Have A Reality Disease. ‘Sisu’ Is The Cure
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Drew Magary
May 25, 2023
Defector At The Movies
‘BlackBerry’ Director Matt Johnson Is Not Wearing An Outfit
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Soraya Roberts
May 17, 2023
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Music
Celebrating Robert Pollard’s No-Hitter And The Rock-Jock Nexus
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Dave McKenna
May 14, 2023
Defector At The Movies
Indie Cinema Is Now Genre Cinema
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Soraya Roberts
May 10, 2023
Arts And Culture
Cam’ron And Mase Argue About Sports Now, And It’s Working
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Israel Daramola
May 4, 2023
Arts And Culture
Reality TV Won’t Fix What’s Broken About Hollywood Economics
167
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Alex Sujong Laughlin
May 4, 2023
The Machines
AI Art Sucks Ass And You Should Say It’s Bad
245
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Casey Taylor
May 4, 2023
Defector At The Movies
Remembering “The Winners,” George Romero’s Forgotten Sports Documentary Series
56
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Adam Charles Hart
May 3, 2023
Arts And Culture
The Internet Isn’t Meant To Be So Small
301
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Kelsey McKinney
May 1, 2023
Arts And Culture
John Mulaney Still Goes For The Laugh First
296
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Israel Daramola
April 28, 2023
TV
Steven Yeun Knows What To Do With How He Looks
65
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Soraya Roberts
April 28, 2023
This Is So Stupid
A Fistful Of Eastwoos: Inside The Battle For Clint Twitter
195
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John Semley
April 20, 2023
Politics
The Art Of American Conservatism
346
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David Roth
April 17, 2023
Arts And Culture
How Did Hip-Hop Media Get So Bad?
199
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Israel Daramola
April 13, 2023
Defector At The Movies
‘How To Blow Up A Pipeline’ Is A Film About Action
117
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Corey Atad
April 12, 2023
Life's Rich Pageant
In Search Of Wikipedia’s Shrug Guy
142
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Annie Rauwerda
April 12, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Cry Wolf’ Shows How Easy It Is To Blame The Victim
25
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Soraya Roberts
April 11, 2023
Arts And Culture
They Turned This Museum Into A Basketball Court And It Rules
62
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Dan McQuade
April 4, 2023
Arts And Culture
The Gunplay Of ‘John Wick’ Is A Bit Too Real For Comfort
286
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Nicholas Russell
March 29, 2023
Politics
The Limits Of The Billionaire Imagination Are Everyone’s Problem
309
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David Roth
March 24, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘How To Defend Yourself’ Knows That You Will Fail To Solve Rape Culture
108
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Lauren Theisen
March 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Bob Nightengale Is Capturing The World Baseball Classic As Only He Can
69
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David Roth
March 21, 2023
Arts And Culture
It’s Hollywood’s Biggest Night And All The Stars Are Out, With Vince Mancini
154
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David Roth
March 2, 2023
Arts And Culture
AI Art Only Looks Like Art If You Don’t Care
155
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Soraya Roberts
February 20, 2023
Arts And Culture
No, That Movie Was Not All A Dream
184
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Israel Daramola
February 16, 2023
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