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Apr 15, 2024
Alex Garland’s Civil War is not just a story told from the point of view of journalists, which would be taxing enough. It’s a...
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Mar 13, 2024
When you’re in love, nothing feels cringe. I mean when you’re in the full flush of first attraction—nothing about the other person can possibly be annoying. Or...
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Mar 6, 2024
In Book 9 of homer’s Iliad, the Greek army chieftains of Achaea send five choice men on a diplomatic mission to plead with Achilles, their best fighter in the war against Troy....
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Mar 4, 2024
NB: This post contains a few spoilers from the movie Poor Things, including details which are not for the squeamish.
Let me tell you the precise moment when I lost all interest...
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Jan 29, 2024
I am neither a Barbie truther nor a Barbie hater. Back when the movie came out, I saw it neither as a sinister woke manifesto nor as a masterwork of...
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Jan 2, 2024
It’s customary this time of year for ink-stained wretches like myself to participate in a ritual called the year-end book list. I edit one over at CRB, and this year I...
Apr 15, 2024Alex Garland’s Civil War is not just a story told from the point of view of journalists, which would be taxing enough. It’s a...
Mar 13, 2024When you’re in love, nothing feels cringe. I mean when you’re in the full flush of first attraction—nothing about the other person can possibly be annoying. Or...
Mar 6, 2024In Book 9 of homer’s Iliad, the Greek army chieftains of Achaea send five choice men on a diplomatic mission to plead with Achilles, their best fighter in the war against Troy....
Mar 4, 2024NB: This post contains a few spoilers from the movie Poor Things, including details which are not for the squeamish. Let me tell you the precise moment when I lost all interest...
Jan 29, 2024I am neither a Barbie truther nor a Barbie hater. Back when the movie came out, I saw it neither as a sinister woke manifesto nor as a masterwork of...
Jan 2, 2024It’s customary this time of year for ink-stained wretches like myself to participate in a ritual called the year-end book list. I edit one over at CRB, and this year I...