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Each week, Richard Brody picks a classic film, a modern film, an independent film, a foreign film, and a documentary for online viewing. “Cinema Verite” Photograph by AF Archive / Alamy The theatrical première next month, at Film Forum, of…
Remember how much fun it was when the family used to get together and swap gifts? Paradoxically enough, social media platforms that are theoretically designed to bring kindred souls closer are, in reality, pushing us further apart. And the advent…
What’s remarkable about “Black Panther” is not just that the very act of making a high-budget franchise superhero film with a cast of mainly black actors is so woefully exceptional. It’s that, despite the technical requirements of a superhero film…
Just a month after Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet expressed his doubts over digital currencies, his number two in the company weighed in on the debate with similar comments. “I never considered for one second having anything to do with it. I detested…
Critics are blasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for dramatically lowering a fine on agribusiness company Syngenta for violations of pesticide regulations. Syngenta, under a settlement announced this week, will pay $150,000 for improperly using the pesticide chlorpyrifos at a…
The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval. The move means Banyan Biomarkers can commercialize its test, giving the company an early lead in the biotech industry’s race to find a way…
