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How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenThe celebrity memoir is a form of which I’m reflexively skeptical. Some books lean solely on name recognition,...
Employee Appreciation Gifts That They’ll Actually Want
Employees are the life blood of any business. They deserve our thanks for the long hours and hard work they put in so that they can further their careers,...
“After the Hunt” Is a Pleasurably Ludicrous House of Cards
In Luca Guadagnino’s film, Julia Roberts plays a Yale professor forced to choose sides when a student accuses a colleague of sexual assault. Source link
What to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s Second Week
When I’m looking at what’s on offer in the Revivals section of the New York Film Festival—and, for that matter, whenever I see a noteworthy retrospective coming to one...
The Unexpected Sweetness of Bill and Ted’s “Waiting for Godot”
The jokes started before rehearsals did. “Waiting for Bill and Ted”; “Bill and Ted’s Existentialist Adventure”; “Party On, Godot!” How could we not make cracks after Keanu Reeves and...
The Age of Enshittification
Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define...
Adebunmi Gbadebo and the Mysteries of Clay
The relationship between Adebunmi Gbadebo and her material, clay, is one of supplication—on the part of Gbadebo. The churched among us consider a potter something of an autocrat; they...
“The Smashing Machine” Pulls Its Punches
Only two kinds of actors are bad: those who can’t be themselves and those who you wish wouldn’t be. All the rest are likely to shine in movies by...
Building Trust Before Advertising: Why Brand Comes First
In today’s world, starting a company has never been easier. With a few clicks, anyone can find a product and launch it online. But this accessibility creates a significant...
Should College Get Harder?
Around twenty years ago, when I was a graduate student in English, I taught a class in a special observation room at my university’s teaching center. My students and...
