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You, too, can believe in miracles. Philip Galanes is aces at The New York Times. What year is it (#650)?
A stranger encounter on the side of the road with a friend named Blanquette.
Heart of the Beast isn't exactly innovative, but it achieves exactly what it sets out to do.
Gravest Gravy puts Lux and Ivy in context.
The queerification of Lizzie makes perfect sense in the Murphyverse.
Desert Warrior would be more interesting as pure propaganda rather than the compendium of exhausted clichés that it actually is.
The Love Hypothesis is ridiculous on various fronts, but nevertheless has some charm.
Buddy is symptomatic of a growing societal contempt for children.
A 2026 GQ interview with actor Tom Cruise vs. a 1999 Index interview with fashion designer Susan Cianciolo.
Teenage Wasteland doesn’t wax poetic about the importance of education, but it does show the advantage of allowing ambition to flourish.
Reflections of a write-in candidate.
Oh, that Jon Ossoff!
For $50,000 we can make it happen.
Hatchet jobs have to be backed up by the truth.
Fall gatherings at Raoul’s, The Feast and New York Press parties.
“Save the world” via charity has morphed into “save the world” from AI.
“Everything has to change, Pamela.”
In his new memoir, the Black Flag frontman writes about the school that shaped him.
The genre has room enough for range these days.
How to secure AI.
Searching for the missing ingredient in restaurant food.
Why the laughs dried up in movie theaters.
Better to be poisoned than married.
The new conservative sex champions bring to mind one of the last ones: Hugh Hefner.
The silent film legend details why she can't stand Lenny Bruce in this October 29, 1971 interview.
A feature length archival tape collage documentary about The Smashing Pumpkins by Nicky Otis Smith.
The late film producer talks about The Kid Stays in the Picture and more in this July 24, 2002 interview.
The full unedited tape from the intimate July 3, 1975 performance where Dylan debuted "Abandoned Love."
Don Goodman's 1966 UCLA student film.
The late filmmaker talks about the arduous production of his 1978 masterpiece in this April 16, 2007 interview.
The singer-songwriter performs "Save Me" on The Tonight Show in this early 2000 performance.
The living legend talks about peers of The Beatles and more in this rare interview.
The band play "Go with the Flow" on this May 22, 2003 performance.
The singer-songwriter and Sleater-Kinney guitarist talk about some of their favorite records at KROQ headquarters.
The Elizabeth Holmes documentary, directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, is in theaters October 16.