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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Some films become inextricably linked to the stories of their making. Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Marnie are now inextricably linked to allegations that their star, Tippi Hedren, was mistreated by…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “When is this damn movie going to end?” It’s a question that comes up often at the Cannes Film Festival, where time drags on, films follow one another, and by day…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Boston Globe’s Spotlight investigative team has covered wrongdoing for decades, both before and after the shocking 2003 revelations about the Catholic Church’s massive child sex abuse crisis, which were featured…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard Kind is the Platonic ideal of the character actor. When he appears on screen—as Larry David’s cousin on Curb Your Enthusiasm or Rudy Giuliani on Scandal—you invariably think, “Oh, that’s…

What could be bad about idleness? Credit: Pheelings media/Shutterstock Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… It’s time to train people not to repeat the work of the past, but to create great things for the future. You see, this…

Political polarization is coming for the Roman Pontiff. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Discussions began immediately after it became known that the 267th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church would be an American: which American exactly? Every word…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The photo shoot is a symbol of a lost time. Taken in 1991 during the second annual Great American Workout, a fitness event held on the South Lawn of the White…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The publication’s ongoing centennial celebration includes a film component: a series at Film Forum called “Stories from The New Yorker,” which featured films that were related to The New Yorker’s history,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I’ve lived in New York for twenty-two years, and I still have the strange feeling that I’m in a fantasy. Not a fantasy—the city can be nasty and gritty—but a blurry…

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