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Sing Sing is a movie that takes place in a prison, but it’s not a prison movie.
Alexis Haut|Analysis
Black balled and white walled: Interiority in Coralie Fargeat's “The Substance”
You know what they say: Women take forever in the bathroom.
Brian Collins|Opinions
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Add to the mix a blinkered “human-centered” focus, and brace for a reductionist disaster.
Michael Bierut|Audio
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2020:dinner at home, Zoom fatigue, new rules of design, watching television
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