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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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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Timothee Chalamet's Paul Atreides addressing the Fremen in Dune: Part Two.

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Is Big, Bold, Loud, And Still Missing Something

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Defector At The Movies

Everything I Remember About ‘Madame Web’

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Jason England

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‘American Fiction’ And The Wet Eyes Of The Sentimentalist

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


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Nicholas Russell

The main character giving a speech in Origin

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‘Origin’ Fails As Both Homework And Entertainment

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Stuck In The One-Woman Myth

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A garden party scene from The Zone Of Interest

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‘The Zone Of Interest’ Is About Cognitive Harmony

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Australian actor Jacob Elordi (L) and Irish actor Barry Keoghan arrive for the Los Angeles premiere of "Saltburn" at The Theatre at ACE Hotel in Los Angeles, California, on November 14, 2023.

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‘Saltburn’ Trusts Its Audience Only To Be Idiots


<p>Corey Atad is a freelancer writer based in Toronto with an unhealthy Air Bud obsession.</p>


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Corey Atad

A scene from Tenet in which The Protagonist fights a bad guy

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I Can’t Stop Watching ‘Tenet,’ And I Finally Know Why

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“The Iron Claw” Dallas World Premiere

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‘The Iron Claw’ And The Real Von Erich Story Go Together Like Pizza And Muffins

<p>Sean T. Collins has written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Decider, Pitchfork, and many others. He lives with his family on Long Island.</p>


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TOM WILKINSON as Arthur Edens in Michael Clayton

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Tom Wilkinson And His Baguettes Are Eternal

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UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1921: Conrad Veidt as "Cesare" in the film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". Photograph. 1921

Conrad Veidt as “Cesare” in the film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”. Photograph. 1921

This Is A Damn Conrad Veidt Appreciation Blog

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Harold Lloyd Terrifying Babe Ruth With Bad Driving Is Now In The Public Domain

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Does It Matter If Adam Driver Is A Bad Actor?

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Six Things You Are Not Allowed To Say To Me About ‘Godzilla Minus One’

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Godzilla Must Be Larger

<div>Adam Charles Hart is an author, curator, and archivist who lives in Pittsburgh. His second book, &#8216;<i>Raising the Dead: The Work of George A. Romero, </i>will be out in early 2024 from Oxford University Press.</div>
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TOPSHOT - US director Martin Scorsese poses as he arrives on May 8, 2018 for the screening of the film "Todos Lo Saben (Everybody Knows)" and the opening ceremony of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (Photo by Antonin THUILLIER / AFP) (Photo by ANTONIN THUILLIER/AFP via Getty Images)

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Martin Scorsese’s Second Life As An Adman

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‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Asks You To Sit With Its Contradictions

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‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Is The Latest Entry In Martin Scorsese’s History Of Evil

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The Survival Of Independent Cinema Begins With The Belief Of Those Who Make It

Cosplayer Devan Blake dressed as Valak from "The Conjuring" attends the 2019 Comic-Con International on July 18, 2019 in San Diego, California.

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They’ll Just Keep Conjuring That Garbage

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All This Bleeding

NYFF programmer Rachel Rosen moderates a press conference with director Todd Haynes, writer/executive producer Samy Burch, producers Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Jessica Elbaum and for "May December" during the 61st New York Film Festival at Walter Reade Theater on September 29, 2023 in New York City.

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Four Days At The Flooded New York Film Festival

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