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Trump cabinet secretaries conspired to violate Constitution, judge says
“The cabinet secretaries and ostensibly, the president of the United States, are not honoring the First Amendment,” U.S. District Judge William Young declared.
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January 16, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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‘Uncomfortably relatable’: writers on their favourite unlikable movie characters
With debate still swirling over the unlikable nature of Marty Supreme’s careless protagonist, Guardian writers have picked their all-time love-to-hate leads
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January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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Review | A philosopher’s case for living playfully without keeping score
In his new book, C. Thi Nguyen praises activities that liberate us and criticizes the grades and rankings that constrain us
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January 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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Mass surveillance, the metaverse, making America ‘great again’: the novelists who predicted our present
From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies?
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January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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With Sátántangó and Werckmeister Harmonies, Béla Tarr became the vividly disquieting master of spiritual desolation
The Hungarian director’s films moved slowly like vast gothic aircraft carrier-sized ships across dark seas, giving audiences a feeling of drunkenness and hangover at the same time
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January 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Monarch butterflies could disappear. Butterfly Town USA is scrambling to save them
Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue
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January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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The diabolical genius behind the year’s funniest unemployment thriller
Why director Park Chan-wook had to make “No Other Choice” in Korea instead of America, and why he thinks the film is better for it.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Michael Mann: ‘I make films for a large presentation’
As his epic crime thriller Heat turns 30, the director talks about pairing acting legends, his thoughts on AI and what’s happening with Heat 2
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December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Herzog in the Jungle of Truth | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sam Shpall ponders the enigma of Werner Herzog and his new book, “The Future of Truth.”
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December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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The 50 Best 2025 Films You Might Have Missed
With an awards season and year-end lists that tend to favor films that have been released in the last few months, many things can go overlooked. For our yearly feature highlighting the 50 best titles ...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The 39 Best Movies of 2025 (So Far)
The year isn't over yet, even though few other films provide a high quite like Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Siskel, Ebert, and the Secret of Criticism
The duo’s onscreen sparring, far from being a sideshow, foregrounded the inextricably personal nature of reviewing.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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If You Build It
Seat yourself: three independent cinemas opening in New York City are betting that audiences still prefer collective experiences of art and urban space
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November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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What a Cranky New Book About Progress Gets Right
Paul Kingsnorth argues that much of today’s culture is intent on eroding what it means to be human.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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The Best Movies of 2025 (So Far)
Despite all the sequels, spinoffs, and remakes, audiences are still hungry for original stories.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Strange Fascination | William Giraldi
Werner Herzog has no patience for facts. He quests for the truth that mystics in the Middle Ages enjoyed after a hard day on the job chanting and fasting.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
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October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Mental Health Is Real Wealth: how Black men prioritize healing ‘in this white world’
In Los Angeles, a bi-monthly group gives Black men a safe space to share, reflect and support each other
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October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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‘Indecency has become a new hallmark’: writer and historian Jelani Cobb on race in Donald Trump’s America
In a new essay collection, the dean of Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism makes a compelling argument that everything is connected and nothing is inevitable about racial justice or de...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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‘She does terrible things’: what can a Marvel director do with Ibsen’s ruthless heroine Hedda Gabler?
She made her name with a horror reboot and a mega-budget Marvel. So what drew Nia DaCosta to the dour Norwegian’s work? We meet the film-maker and Tessa Thompson, who plays Hedda as a sexy, sultry, ma...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The death of the review? Cultural criticism is at risk of erasure
Recent announcements at major publications have seen critics losing their positions, an ongoing shift that we should all be alarmed by
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August 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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‘The most difficult word to say is “Cut!”’: an audience with Cannes conquerors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
They have won the Palme d’Or twice, and their latest offering about teen motherhood scooped the screenwriting prize. The brothers discuss their working methods, who inspires them, and what they disagr...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Play It Again, Charles Burnett
Over the years, the director’s early films have been lost and found, forgotten and celebrated. But what about the work that came after, or that never came to be?
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August 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Opinion | Attention, Men: Books Are Sexy!
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August 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM