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Two women talking
31 December 2020

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass. That’s the way most of us feel about 2020.

In Yearly Departed, the hated year gets a funnier and...

Two women in intense conversation
30 November 2020

HBO is starting to air a subtly powerful film that’s even more relevant now than when it was first released earlier this year. 

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Scene from movie
31 October 2020

I’ll never forget the first time I was warned that COVID-19 might disrupt our lives. It was early March, and I was meeting with other...

Book cover
30 September 2020

As Election Day creeps ever nearer, we’ve been inundated with nonfiction books and films telling us just how dangerous and inept the...

Cartoon man in a spiral
24 August 2020

Political commentators have spent nearly four years trying to understand why Donald Trump spreads lies, ignores constitutional norms and...

Fire on the horizon
24 August 2020

The first 10 minutes of Rebuilding Paradise are harrowing.
Ron Howard’s documentary is mostly about the aftermath of the...

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