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How Matthew McConaughey Became ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’A quick detour onto the McConaughey beat
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Jason Diamond
When I Realized ‘Showgirls’ Was a Work of High ArtBefore it was a camp classic, the 1995 film liberated me from the politics of taste
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Allison Hadley
How I Got Radicalized: When I Realized I Couldn’t Afford to Live In a Haunted House‘Paranormal Activity’ turns demonic possession into a curse for upwardly mobile homeowners
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Oct 30, 2020
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Naomi Elias
The Perfect and Perfectly Awful Movies Lindy West Is Watching in QuarantineIn conversation with the author on her new book, ‘Shit, Actually’
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Amanda Sakuma
Blame pop culture for giving voters a warped sense of how politics works in the real worldPolitics is often reduced to a binary of two extremes: optimism vs. nihilism
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Oct 19, 2020
Meghan Daum
‘Cuties’ Is Beautifully, and Brutally, Honest About GirlhoodThe movie illuminates how social media encourages girls to perform wildly exaggerated versions of womanhood
Sep 18, 2020
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Sep 18, 2020
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Drew Magary
How Hollywood Killed the DirectorOlivia Wilde shouldn’t be directing a Marvel movie. Here’s why.
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Sep 9, 2020
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Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Charlie Kaufman Has No Idea How to Write Women as PeopleIn the filmmaker’s new Netflix movie, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, he’s still using women as props for neurotic men
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Unpacking the Complicated History of the Black Cowboy

Historians estimate that around 1 in 4 cowboys were Black.

‘Funny Girl’ Made Me Rethink What It Means To Be a Leading Lady

I never thought I could be the star. Barbra and Fanny showed me the way.

How Matthew McConaughey Became ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’

A quick detour onto the McConaughey beat

When I Realized ‘Showgirls’ Was a Work of High Art

Before it was a camp classic, the 1995 film liberated me from the politics of taste

How I Got Radicalized: When I Realized I Couldn’t Afford to Live In a Haunted House

‘Paranormal Activity’ turns demonic possession into a curse for upwardly mobile homeowners

The Perfect and Perfectly Awful Movies Lindy West Is Watching in Quarantine

In conversation with the author on her new book, ‘Shit, Actually’

Blame pop culture for giving voters a warped sense of how politics works in the real world

Politics is often reduced to a binary of two extremes: optimism vs. nihilism

‘Cuties’ Is Beautifully, and Brutally, Honest About Girlhood

The movie illuminates how social media encourages girls to perform wildly exaggerated versions of womanhood

How Hollywood Killed the Director

Olivia Wilde shouldn’t be directing a Marvel movie. Here’s why.

Charlie Kaufman Has No Idea How to Write Women as People

In the filmmaker’s new Netflix movie, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, he’s still using women as props for neurotic men

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