April 16, 2025

Let the Children Scream

  Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures I’m not familiar with the video game Minecraft, but I had a free afternoon this past weekend, and as I’m wont to do with my childless privilege of abundant time, I popped a magic mushroom square, went to the movies, and grabbed a ticket for the next available showing, which …

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The Studio Recap: Free Parking

  Photo: Apple So far, The Studio hasn’t shown much interest in telling a serialized story. We haven’t, for instance, heard a word about the Kool-Aid movie since the premiere or the fate of Sarah Polley’s movie since the second episode. Each installment has been self-contained, but that doesn’t mean what happens in one episode …

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The Billionaires Are Battling Over a Giacometti Sculpture

  Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images (Pascal Le Segretain, Justin Chin/Bloomberg) In late 2021, Sotheby’s held one of the highest-grossing auctions in its history. The star lot of the $922 million sale, featured on the catalogue’s cover, was Alberto Giacometti’s 1949 sculpture Le Nez, a skeletal bronze head with a long, thin nose, hanging from …

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How Universal Language Found Poetry in Meaningless Spaces

  Photo: Maryse Boyce Spoilers follow for Universal Language, released in theaters February 14 and available for digital rental as of April 8.  In the movie Universal Language, Winnipeg becomes a sort of alternate-reality version of Tehran. When filmmaker Matthew Rankin and his co-writers, Ila Firouzabadi and Pirouz Nemati, screened their movie in those cities, …

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The Depression Puzzle

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