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35 Essential World Cinema Classics You Can Watch Free on YouTube (opens the original)
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💬 Weekly Question: Was Roger Ebert right about fandom? (opens the original)
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This week’s question was set in motion by the reaction of a lot of mentally unwell people to writer-director Greta Gerwig’s updates about the new film Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. To be fair to these sad folks, there are a lot of manipulative algorithms out there to wind them up into frothing fools, but still…they’re part of a legion of maladjusted types who have committed themselves, body and soul, to ruining art for other people.As a result of all this online whining about sacred texts, ques
Paul Weitz Breaks Down ‘The Hefty Neil Story’ from ‘SCTV’ (opens the original)
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Director Paul Weitz | The 'Kamikaze' Approach to Hollywood (opens the original)
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💬 Weekly Question: What three books would you re-read before the world ends? (opens the original)
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the apocalyptic threats bearing down on us in the 21st century, from AI, to climate change, to fascism and forever wars. In fact, I wrote about this anxiety this week at 5AM StoryTalk.What I didn’t mention is how I often I now find myself thinking stupid things like “What if this is the last film I watch?” or “What if this is the last album I listen to?” I know, I know, this is a bit morbid, but it’s also got me wondering what pieces of art I would take real
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