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Baseball may still be referred to as America’s pastime, but it’s an emeritus title at best. Once truly deserving of its lofty nickname, the cultural primacy of home runs and no hitters has dwindled mightily since its heyday some decades ago, and pointing to a recent uptick in World Series ratings only proves the rule…
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Nostalgia rules the day on screens both big and small, but it’s almost always subject to reinterpretation. Longing to revisit the good old days is an understandable impulse, but filmmakers are prone to wagering against the comprehensiveness of that desire, reframing our cherished pop culture memories through the lens of today. Stranger Things’ John Carpenter-indebted…
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Emerald Fennell is looking for a reaction, and we just keep giving it to her. An edgelord in designer clothing, the actor-turned-auteur’s boundary-testing agenda has been laid bare from the start, with her directorial debut, Promising Young Woman, exploring sexual violence with a rage and style that was certain to agitate. It was just as…
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