CULTURE
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The Uncertain Outcomes of Emmanuel Macron’s Election Maneuver
On Sunday, in a shocking result, the New Popular Front, a coalition of the French left and center, beat back…
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Did Joe Biden’s ABC Interview Stanch the Bleeding or Prolong It?
At what point does political conviction curdle into something closer to denial? When I interviewed President Biden in January, I…
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This Is What the Twenty-fifth Amendment Was Designed For
In a live broadcast of “The Daily Show” immediately after the Presidential debate last week, the comedian Jon Stewart joked…
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The Case for Joe Biden Staying in the Race
There is an unattributed maxim in sports that says the backup quarterback is the most popular man in town. The…
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“Music” Gives the Tragedy of Oedipus an Elusive but Hypnotic Retelling
In the opening moments of “Music,” the tenth feature film from the German writer and director Angela Schanelec, thunder claps,…
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The Politics That Derailed Congestion Pricing in New York
Congestion pricing is an unfortunate name. The term comes from market economics, but it sounds like you’re paying for a…
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Kevin Costner on “Yellowstone,” “Horizon,” and Why the Western Endures
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“The Bikeriders” Lends a Wild Bunch a Mythic Grandeur
Authenticity is a feeling and investigative fervor is an attitude. The Italian neorealist classics bear the marks of the journalistic…
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A Succession Battle Over America’s Largest Ren Faire
There are few filmmakers more curious about the emotional lives of the elderly than the wunderkind documentarian Lance Oppenheim. In…
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The Rediscovery of “Naked Acts” Expands Film History
Movies that rely on symbolism usually do so through conspicuous artifice, whether that of high style (Hitchcock, Hawks, Wes Anderson)…
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