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Life and death at Balthazar

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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

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On selling art and sex.

in conversation with Sophia Giovannitti, author of Working Girl (Verso, 2023).

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Working Girl

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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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Dying on your feet. 

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Bad waitress

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The dreaded ellipses...

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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

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The audacity of hopium.

and Brady Dale discuss Dale’s new book on FTX and the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Covering SBF

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Compassionately bland.

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

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