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How Jackie and Barry Both Shore Up and Subvert the Important Person Biopic Template

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How Pyrotechnic Comic Novelist Colson Whitehead Found His Way to the Grim, Measured Underground Railroad

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Nate Parker Wants Us to Confront the Darkness of the Past. He Should, Too.

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Brangelexit Is the Tabloid Industry’s Greatest Triumph

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Louis C.K. Wears a Suit, Kills at Madison Square Garden

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How Mommie Dearest Turned From Prestige Project to Campy Joke

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Sully Is the Perfect Trumpian Fantasy for Our Post-Fact Era

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Will Best Actress Be a Battle Between Natalie Portman and Emma Stone?

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OK, American Horror Story’s Shameless Buzzmongering Totally Worked as a Setup for Season 6

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Why Americans Are So Bloody Awful at British Accents

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Terrence Malick’s Latest Releases—Two of Them!—Illustrate Exactly Why He’s Become So Polarizing

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Great News: HBO’s High Maintenance Doesn’t Harsh the Show’s Mellow

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How Amos ’n’ Andy Paved the Way for Black Stars on TV

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Sept 13, 2016 1:24 PM

The New York Times’ Public Editor Is Guilty of the Same “False Balance” She Thinks Doesn’t Exist

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The Tyranny of Art History in Contemporary Art

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Sept 13, 2016 8:33 AM

Colin Kaepernick’s Critics Called Him an Idiot. Who’s the Idiot Now?

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How the Legendary Talent Agency CAA Changed Hollywood

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