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Life and death at Balthazar

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Boom and echo

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Songs Ojai

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Making babies

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The world says its name to us.

on Deadwood’s “Calamity” Jane and the false burden of helping ourselves before we can help others.

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Rewatching Deadwood

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The humble DYMO.

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Yes labels

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A trope grows up.

on the behind-the-scenes disputes driving the destiny of Scream's original final girl. 

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Final girl

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The unbearable lightness of penis envy.

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Dating Lars Von Trier

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Nepotism in reverse.

on the rise of the self-aware celebrity parent with some talent of their own. 

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Nepo parents

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The dark side of the documentary ad boom.

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Inherent Vice

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The screenwriter’s cut. 

is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. She is best known for Anyone But You (2023). This is every rom com she watched on a recent film shoot. 

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Rom com diary

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The show that lived.

on the fandom that followed in The Wire’s footsteps but stepped out of its shadow.

Top Boy

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