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Sigourney Schultz|Cinema
Dispirited Away: In the wrong hands, ‘Ghiblified’ genAI images erode ethos, empathy, and our very humanity
An art historian who grew up inside Pixar Studios reflects on what we lose when art once rendered through deliberate labor and deep care can be reproduced in seconds — and weaponized just as quickly.
Alexis Haut|Interviews
Beauty queenpin: ‘Deli Boys’ makeup head Nesrin Ismail on cosmetics as masks and mirrors
Glamour enlivens heritage and history in Hulu’s genre-bending series about a Pakistani family running an international drug ring from Philly corner stores.
Susan Morris|Cinema
‘The conscience of this country’: How filmmakers are documenting resistance in the age of censorship
Debuting amid a global swell of authoritarianism, this year’s festival standouts are stark, instructive primers on refusing to be silenced.
Nila Rezaei|Essays
"Dear mother, I made us a seat”: a Mother’s Day tribute to the women of Iran
Alexis Haut|Cinema
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green: ‘Wicked’ spells for struggle and solidarity
On the ruby-slippered heels of DO editor-in-chief Ellen McGirt’s conversation with Wicked director Jon M. Chu, columnist Alexis Haut decipherates the film’s lessons for a design community going through shiz.
Alexis Haut|Cinema
About face: ‘A Different Man’ makeup artist Mike Marino on transforming pretty boys and surfacing dualities
On the cusp of Oscar Sunday, we’re talking award-winning makeup that gets under the skin.
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