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October 24, 2021
The French Dispatch Is Wes Anderson’s Most Indulgent Fantasy
Set at an upscale midcentury magazine, the new movie is an ode to print and a slice of escapism.
by Lidija Haas

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“Once Upon a Time … at Bennington College” digs into the college years of novelists Donna Tartt, Jonathan Lethem, and Bret Easton Ellis. Do its revelations have any literary value?
by Jo Livingstone
Manhattan was the perfect subject for Barthelme’s comic fiction, a source of always-shifting relationships.
by Scott Bradfield

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Shams Charania and Adam Schefter showed why access journalism is a bankrupt and corrupt approach to newsgathering.

by Alex Shephard
When newspapers skimp on local coverage, who will hold lawmakers accountable?
by Chris Lehmann

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Denis Villeneuve’s film makes the complex world of “Dune” comprehensible through stunning visuals.
by David Klion
From the Archives:
It's not just that the comedian's Netflix specials are rife with homophobic and transphobic jokes. It's that the jokes are bad.
by Eric Sasson
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