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T2 Trainspotting
March 17, 2017
Tim Grierson
T2 Trainspotting: Don’t Look Back
In this sequel to the zeitgeist-y 1996 original, nostalgia proves as addictive—and toxic—as heroin.
January 27, 2017
Jo Livingstone
T2 Trainspotting Is Proof You Can’t Go Home Again
The sequel to the 1990s classic is the latest evidence of an ongoing obsession with that indulgent decade.

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