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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Defector

The Defector Crewneck Sweatshirt Is Back In Stock

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Merch v3

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Lauren Theisen

New York Film Critics Circle Awards & Afterparty

Defector Up All Night

Pauline Kael Was A PROBLEM

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


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Nicholas Russell

Aaron Pierre's character in Rebel Ridge, surrounded by police

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Arts And Culture

‘Rebel Ridge’ Is As Sharp As Revenge Thrillers Get

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Ray Ratto

PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 07: Former Philadelphia Phillies player Pete Rose acknowledges the crowd prior to the game against the Washington Nationals at Citizens Bank Park on August 7, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Phillies defeated the Nationals 13-1. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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The Last Word On Pete Rose Is Deeply Unpleasant

“Megalopolis” Photocall – The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival

‘Megalopolis’ Wants It To Be Francis Ford Coppola Vs. Everybody

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Albert Burneko

A gross alien facehugger, clamped onto a character's face in Alien: Romulus.

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Defector At The Movies

‘Alien: Romulus’ Is Exhausting, Gross As Hell, And Incredibly Fun

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Israel Daramola

Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under The Influence

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Gena Rowlands Played Pathetic Better Than Anyone

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Soraya Roberts

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Josh Hartnett Was Always Guaranteed To Jack You Up

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Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg, and Kevin Hart as Roland in Borderlands.

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‘Borderlands’ Made Me Hate Video Games, Movies, And Even Cate Blanchett

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David Roth

Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. He is very dramatically backlit, naturally.

Hauer As Replicant

Podcasts

Hollywood’s Dampest Era, With Chris Nashawaty

Barbara Stanwyck at a telegraph in 'Union Pacific'

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Barbara Stanwyck Could Talk The Sun Into Rising In The West

Ryan Reynolds makes the smug face that is his only face.

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Ryan Reynolds Is Cinema’s Antichrist

<div>Isle McElroy is the author of the novels <i>The Atmospherians </i>and<i> People Collide</i>, which was named a best book of 2023 by Vogue, NPR, Them, and the New York Times Critics.</div>
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Isle McElroy

Emma Stone in a scene from Kinds of Kindness

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‘Kinds Of Kindness’ Isn’t Supposed To Be Funny

(from left) Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and Tyler (Glen Powell) in Twisters, directed by Lee Isaac Chung.

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‘Twisters’ Can’t Singlehandedly Drag Us Back To The ’90s

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Overexplained Lists

1990s Blockbusters I Haven’t Seen, Ranked

Actor Wings Hauser poses for a portrait in circa 1980. The Defector Wings Week logo is on his shirt.

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Wings Week

Wings Hauser, American Weirdo

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Barry Petchesky

British actor and singer Sting on the set of Dune, directed and written by David Lynch. (Photo by Nancy Moran/Sygma via Getty Images)

On the Set of Dune

Sting’s Winged Briefs In ‘Dune’ Are Cinema’s Most Iconic Underpants

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‘Longlegs’ Can’t Quite Carry The Weight Of Expectations

George Clooney, as Michael Clayton, talks into a cell phone while walking down a city street at night.

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This Is So Stupid

There Are Three Essential Lawyer Movies

John Turturro's character holds a tomato in Box of Moonlight

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‘Box Of Moonlight’ Is A Gem From The ’90s Indie Boom

<p>Owen Lewis is a former Defector intern and co-founded the website <a href="http://popcorntennis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://popcorntennis.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PFWw6PL-FUqaCMME5TLqP">popcorntennis.com</a>. He wrote 63,000 words about the Novak Djokovic-Rafael Nadal rivalry that can be accessed for free at <a href="https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thegoldenrivalry.substack.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1726234676777000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2OjAHpo4PVIhkx8Xd21lRJ">thegoldenrivalry.substack.com</a>.</p>


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Owen Lewis

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Tennis

In ‘Twelve Final Days,’ Roger Federer Still Has The Magic

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Appalling Errors In Vulture’s Ranked List Of Muppets Movies, Ranked

Josh O'Connor feeds a churro to Mike Faist in a scene from Challengers

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Who Wins The Match In ‘Challengers’?

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Ruairí McCann

Still image from the movie The Canticle of the Stones.

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‘Canticle Of The Stones’ Grapples With The Difficulty Of Artistic Representation Inside Occupied Palestine

<p>Fran Hoepfner is a writer and teacher.</p>


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Fran Hoepfner

US actor Kevin Costner attends a press conference for the film "Horizon: An American Saga" during the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 20, 2024.

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Why Do I Keep Rooting For Kevin Costner?

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David Dastmalchian

Please Do Not Strive For Documentary Realism In A Movie (Spoiler Alert) Where A Huge Worm Bursts Out Of A Man’s Eye-Socket