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September 5, 2019
Jo Livingstone
Is Joker Just a Movie?
Joaquin Phoenix’s villain is fictional, but he has a life of his own.
July 25, 2017
Christian Lorentzen
Dunkirk Manages to Make War Boring
Christopher Nolan's latest offering is high on patriotic schmaltz and low on meaningful commentary.
January 20, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump’s inauguration speech echoes not Washington or Lincoln but Bane from The Dark Knight Rises.
October 1, 2013
Tevi Troy
7 Rules for Presidents Dabbling in Pop Culture
June 14, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Superbad
The puritanical undertones beneath the mess of 'Man of Steel'

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