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January 16, 2021
The Satisfying Dourness of Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star as grown-up versions of the Macbeths, with dangerous ambitions and onerous responsibilities.
by Jo Livingstone

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After disasters in 2018 and 2019, Boeing faced intense public pressure. Then the pandemic hit.
by Ankush Khardori
What turned Smedley Butler into a critic of American foreign policy?
by Patrick Iber

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As critics debate Adam McKay’s latest film, perhaps the better question is where movies about climate change should go from here.
by Eleanor Cummins
From the Archives:
Don DeLillo’s and Jonathan Lethem’s new novels imagine the end of electronic communication.
by Alexander Chee

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