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January 18, 2014
Bryan Appleyard
Why Blockbusters Will Always Rule Hollywood
So long, long-tail
December 17, 2013
John Gallagher
The Cobainification of David Foster Wallace
December 1, 2013
Peter W. Kaplan
Cahiers du Reagan
From TNR, November 1, 1980
November 25, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Hollywood's Animal-Cruelty Problem Must Look Familiar to the NFL and U.S. Military
November 6, 2013
Alice Robb
America: Celebrities Can Make a Real-World Difference, But Few Do (Chart)
August 6, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Johnny Depp's Delusions About Why 'The Lone Ranger' Flopped
May 2, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
The Robert Downey Jr. Rehab Program
Popcorn flicks can save your life
March 4, 2013
Carrie Battan
#Fail
Hollywood Doesn't Understand New Media
February 22, 2013
Tom Carson
The Most Divisive Issue in Film: Anne Hathaway
Movie buffs can't decide whether she's a good actress
February 15, 2013
Molly Redden
Ashley Judd's Arsenal
She's a Hollywood feminist, but also a Southern sweetheart. Mock her at your own risk, Mitch.
February 9, 2013
David Thomson
Argo Before Argo
"Wag the Dog" was the Hollywood Satire Ben Affleck Should Have Made
February 5, 2013
Eric Sasson
Hollywood Can't Handle Gay Sex
Tinseltown supports LGBT rights everywhere but the big screen.
October 19, 2012
Alec MacGillis
The Campaign to Steal Ohio
April 23, 2012
Walter Shapiro
How John Edwards Could Get Cornered By the Prosecution in His Campaign Finance Trial
February 3, 2011
Jonathan Chait
"World's Most Interesting Man" Talks
May 14, 2010
David Hajdu
Lena Horne: Maybe … Maybe Not
March 12, 2010
Lisbet Rausing
Toward a New Alexandria
October 5, 2009
Adam Kirsch
The Great Disconcerting Wipeout
December 3, 2004
Rochelle Gurstein
On the Lifespan of Trees
July 22, 1978
James Thomson
Murder with Honor
Raymond Chandler's detective stories deserve the name of art

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