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Lauren Theisen
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Wings Week
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Barry Petchesky
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Arts And Culture
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Nicholas Russell
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Albert Burneko
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Defector At The Movies
‘Box Of Moonlight’ Is A Gem From The ’90s Indie Boom
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Soraya Roberts
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Owen Lewis
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Arts And Culture
Appalling Errors In Vulture’s Ranked List Of Muppets Movies, Ranked
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Albert Burneko
June 23, 2024
Tennis
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Owen Lewis
June 19, 2024
Defector At The Movies
‘Canticle Of The Stones’ Grapples With The Difficulty Of Artistic Representation Inside Occupied Palestine
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Ruairí McCann
June 3, 2024
Mods Asleep
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353
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Fran Hoepfner
May 28, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Please Do Not Strive For Documentary Realism In A Movie (Spoiler Alert) Where A Huge Worm Bursts Out Of A Man’s Eye-Socket
104
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Chris Thompson
May 23, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘I Saw The TV Glow’ Unfurls The Great Trans Unknown
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Annie Howard
May 16, 2024
Arts And Culture
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151
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Kelsey McKinney
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May 15, 2024
Tennis
‘Challengers’ Captures The Dirty Little Bits Of Tennis
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Giri Nathan
May 9, 2024
Arts And Culture
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75
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Soraya Roberts
May 3, 2024
Arts And Culture
‘The Kid Detective’ Is Too Good To Be Forgotten
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Soraya Roberts
April 11, 2024
Arts And Culture
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366
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Drew Magary
April 9, 2024
Defector At The Movies
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Soraya Roberts
March 25, 2024
Arts And Culture
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294
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Drew Magary
March 21, 2024
Defector At The Movies
Good, Bad, Or Invisible, CGI Makes Movies Unreal
118
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Corey Atad
March 8, 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
Defector At The Movies
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505
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Kelsey McKinney
February 20, 2024
Defector At The Movies
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125
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Jason England
February 16, 2024
Arts And Culture
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76
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Nicholas Russell
January 30, 2024
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