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"Everyone, Deep in Their Hearts, Is Waiting for the End of the World to Come": 12 Notes on Adam McKay's The Big Short

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Handling Death Rather Well: Alexander Payne's The Descendents (2011)

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The Hard-Boiled Fairy Tale: 9 Notes on Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious

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10 Notes on Looper (2012), Schopenhauer, and the Reciprocal Nature of Violence

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"A Weak Man Knows the Value of Strength": The Glorious Propaganda of Captain American: The First Avenger" (2011): a Blu-ray review

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"An Indiscriminate Video Game": 9 Notes on Drones

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The Black Panther Files

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System Update with Glenn Greenwald: Covid and Civil Liberties

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"On the Hook, Squirming": 10 notes on the Debate Over The Wolf of Wall Street

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