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Can a Film Star Be Too Good-Looking?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The weather for New York on Friday, April 12th, is set to be overcast, with an average temperature of fifty-two degrees. Rain may be waiting in the wings. So, here’s an…

The Dumbphone Boom Is Real

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Will Stults spent too much time on his iPhone, doom-scrolling the site formerly known as Twitter and tweeting angrily at Elon Musk as if the billionaire would actually notice. Stults’s partner,…

John Cazale’s Barbaric Squawk

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The list of offenses is long, but let’s start with his jacket. It is a rich shade of burgundy, the color of a bruise, and not remotely flattering to the pale…

The Counterculture Counter Culture of Kim’s Video

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When home video became popular, in the early eighties, I was young, underemployed, and incredulous that anyone who lived in a city teeming with repertory houses (such as New York or…

Crashes and Community in “Demolition”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch Alec Sutherland’s “Demolition.” There is an uncanny shot toward the end of Alec Sutherland’s short film “Demolition” that is easy to miss. A demolition-derby driver, her hair matted with perspiration,…

The Eclipse Was a Moment of Holy Dread

Nobody liked what happened in a field in New Hampshire. On Monday, the wife and I piled our kids into the Subaru and drove three hours to northern New Hampshire to see the eclipse at 100 percent totality. Aside from…

Why is proofreading articles so important?

Proofreading is one of the mandatory stages of creating a quality article or publication. The concept means checking the written text to correct errors, typos and other flaws that reduce the perception of the finished information. It is better to…

Peter de Sève’s “Undercover”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A multitude of sensory delights are on offer this time of year, not least the sound of birds announcing the arrival of spring. For the cover of the April 15, 2024,…