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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…

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,…

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…

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…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a late December night many years ago, I was riding around midtown cheerfully stuffed into the back seat of a taxi with two of my kids. One was around seven,…

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,…

As in all things, there are right ways and wrong ways to enjoy epochal astronomical events. For as long as I can remember I have identified fiercely with Sherlock Holmes during that memorable exchange in A Study in Scarlet when…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story We have a sense, I think, of the false border sequestering art from theory. And so to remark on Maggie Nelson’s facility in mating the two is to say the least…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “The People’s Joker,” directed by Vera Drew, is the best superhero movie I’ve ever seen—because, unlike studio-produced films in the genre, it responds to the filmmaker’s deep personal concerns. There’s a…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I woke up every thirty minutes the night before Ram Dass died. Stretching my perception through the big divider that separated his study—where I lay on a narrow couch—from his bedroom,…