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Asteroid City and AI pastiche.

on Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City (2023) and AI pastiche.

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Accidentally Wes Anderson

sarah palin forever

A fake deep fake. 

interviews artist and researcher [Eryk Salvaggio](https://twitter.com/e_salvaggio).

Sarah Palin Forever

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Streaming's prestige funk.

on “mass niche” vs. the monoculture within streaming.

David Lynch smashing a TV set for Blue Velvet (1986).

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Mass niche

jocelyn idol

Glitter tears and blooming vanities. 

on the erotic vs. the pornographic in HBO’s The Idol.

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The Idol 

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13 days at the Cannes Film Festival.

on two weeks of films, cocktails, and overpriced groceries in the south of France.

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Diary of a film critic

Bama Rush

Compassionately bland.

on MAX’s *Bama Rush*, a Greek life documentary that fails to ask any hard questions.

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Conquered by Clippy

"Assist me deeper."

on 'Conquered by Clippy,' one of the strangest pieces of smut ever put online.

Microsoft Word erotica

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Pictures came and broke your heart.

on MTV News, the Writer’s Strike, and remembering Dooce.

Video killed the radio star

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