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Sally Field, you deserve better than this

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Peter Tonguette

The cultural dominance of Chuck Norris

The amazing persistence of the legend of Chuck Norris, who died on March 19 at the age of 86, says something profound about American popular culture....

27.03.2026 20

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Completed ‘Hail Mary’

Movies too often use outer space as nothing more than a convenient setting for battles, explosions, and laser fights. The fabulously entertaining...

27.03.2026 30

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Oscars 2026

For those of us who prefer our movie stars to recite lines of dialogue rather than left-wing talking points, the 1972 Academy Awards represented...

20.03.2026 20

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Feminist Frankenstein: Review of The Bride!

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s invigoratingly loopy new horror comedy The Bride! overcomes preachiness with sheer stylishness. Although she works overtime to...

13.03.2026 10

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Nightmarish cringe: A review of ‘Dreams’

Time can move pretty slowly in dreams, but seldom as slowly as in the consistently interminable, periodically risible new movie Dreams. In an unlikely...

06.03.2026 20

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Killer maker: Review of ‘How to Make a Killing’

Gone are the days when stars seemed to go from strength to strength — when Tom Hanks, for instance, followed Philadelphia with Forrest Gump, and...

27.02.2026 20

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Virtual unreality

I may be one of the few people remaining on the planet to both maintain a landline telephone and to decline to avail myself of the alleged benefits of...

20.02.2026 20

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Rip up the script: Review of ‘The Rip’

30.01.2026 10

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The frenetic charm of ‘Marty Supreme’

16.01.2026 20

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The Trump takeover at 10: The president is a year into his second term but captured the GOP a decade ago

16.01.2026 20

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The dream of Song Sung Blue

09.01.2026 10

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Streaming and social costs: Our souls are at stake in the Warner Bros. Discovery-Netflix deal

02.01.2026 20

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Noah Baumbach’s paean to fallen stars

12.12.2025 10

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Dress for success: An unexpected call for civility

12.12.2025 20

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The decency of ‘Eyes Wide Shut’

28.11.2025 20

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‘This war ends in a courtroom’: Review of Nuremberg

07.11.2025 20

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The upstanding Cameron Crowe

31.10.2025 20

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Vibe tweak: Review of ‘After the Hunt’

24.10.2025 20

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The end of the world as we fear it: Review of ‘A House of Dynamite’

17.10.2025 10

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‘The Morning Show’ outgrows its subject

10.10.2025 20

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Unseasonably Christmassy: Review of The Baltimorons

19.09.2025 30

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Trump’s big win against government union collective bargaining

05.09.2025 20

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AI needs a warning label before it’s too late

05.09.2025 20

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When did England give up on free speech?

05.09.2025 20

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Yahya blows up in Britain

05.09.2025 20

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Not minding our manners: Signs of a coarsened culture are all around us

05.09.2025 20

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A history of teen movies

11.07.2025 20

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Letter rip: Review of ‘Syme’s Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence’ by Rachel Syme

13.06.2025 20

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Public broadcasting, a public menace?

06.06.2025 30

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By Georgia: Review of ‘Origins of the Georgia Coast: Retracing the Rich History of the Georgia Lowcountry’ by William PA Hunt

02.05.2025 30

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The malaise-free Carter era in American journalism

11.04.2025 30

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Pod save us all

21.03.2025 20

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Alec Baldwin’s brooding era

21.03.2025 20

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Trumpworld goes global

07.03.2025 20

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Why Canada won

07.03.2025 20

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How the Oscars lost its mojo

07.03.2025 20

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