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Corpse flower
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We can't stop talking about...
Big day for Letterboxd users
Awards!  
Big day for Letterboxd users
One film leads the Oscars with 13 noms – though our critic wasn’t all that impressed.
Best discourse  
That dubious honour goes to The Brutalist and Emilia Perez, both of which used AI voice-cloning to tweak the accents of their actors. A firestorm ensued.
Best song  
Meanwhile, Triple J’s Hottest 100 is airing any second now – and Charli xcx is slated to appear eight times.
Best actress  
Meet Putricia, the corpse flower who has finally bloomed for the first time in years at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens. Diva behaviour!
Eat this
Tip of the dips
Tip of the dips
Everyone's had bean dip but have you had this one??? No. Go make it now.
Extremely online
Extremely online
Wake up babe, it’s December 2024 and David Lynch is still kicking, Joe Biden is still president, Melania hasn’t worn that hat, TikTok hasn’t been banned and unbanned, everything is perfect and no one is back at work. Yay!

Good reads: on the early internet’s last vestiges, on quitting delivery apps, on conversion therapy

Good profiles: of Addison Rae, Adrien Brody, and the internet’s best trend: hopecore
The funniest things on the internet
Florian Wild shows us their tabs
Florian Wild shows us their tabs
Wild claims their list will 'keep your existential ennui at bay'. I'm not so sure (complimentary).
Top of the list
A show – at last  
Season one of workplace thriller Severance ended on the cruellest cliffhanger of all time – and then made us wait two years. Thank god it's back – and five stars! On Apple TV+.
Season one of workplace thriller Severance ended on the cruellest cliffhanger of all time – and then made us wait two years. Thank god it's back – and five stars! On Apple TV+.
A film – scope vast  
The Brutalist is monumental on every level: its looming architecture, its shuddering soundtrack, its evisceration of post-war America, its 215-minute length (including intermission). Another five stars! In cinemas.
The Brutalist is monumental on every level: its looming architecture, its shuddering soundtrack, its evisceration of post-war America, its 215-minute length (including intermission). Another five stars! In cinemas.
Another film – dream cast  
How good is A Complete Unknown? Take it from the Bob Dylan experts themselves. Timothée Chalamet nails "the mumbling charm, the casual cruelty," says one biographer. In cinemas.
How good is A Complete Unknown? Take it from the Bob Dylan experts themselves. Timothée Chalamet nails
An album – first-class  
It's hard to believe this is Central Cee's debut. The London rapper has already ascended to rap's upper echelons and with Can't Rush Greatness, he's staying there.
It's hard to believe this is Central Cee's debut. The London rapper has already ascended to rap's upper echelons and with Can't Rush Greatness, he's staying there.
This week's weirdest story
Panic! At the cinema
Panic! At the cinema
People are vomiting, fainting, clutching their hearts during movies. Is everyone OK?
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