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June 2025

the power of myth + zombies
danny boyle and alex garland deliver the 21st-century fantasy we need, deserve, and maybe even want
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i am large, i contain unsightly facial hairs
the life of chuck presents an alternative to doomscrolling // materialists attempts an alternative to romanticism
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wes's first letter to the phoenicians (13:11)
the real meaning behind the phoenician scheme that nobody is talking about // PLEDGE DRIVE WEEK at *life is disappointing*
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the truth but slanted
romance, realism, and heroin in the panic in needle park // meta-sentimentality in alex ross perry's pavements
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May 2025

170 minutes to save the world
the endless "best of" clip compilations in mission: impossible - the final reckoning, explained
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you'll want to be high for this
21st-century stardom at the limits of narrative in hurry up tomorrow, abel tesfaye's goodbye(?) to the weeknd // all 43 the weeknd music videos, ranked…
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marvel ruined mother's day
box-office metrics in the late marvel period // jia zhangke's ecological response to covid // a list of the 5 best heroin movies of the 1960s and '70s
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boy problems (who's got 'em)?
tim robinson catastrophizes in friendship // nic cage processes trauma in the surfer
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long live the old flesh
cinematic embalming and AI mummies in cronenberg's the shrouds // which conclave character is which real-life papal candidate? (authoritative edition)
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April 2025

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