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The Weekend Press: Oscars Weekend!
Plus: Louis Theroux embarrassed himself in his latest documentary. America’s founding mother. Remember when Andrew Yang tried to warn us about mass AI…
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‘One Battle After Another’ Is Irredeemable
The movie is just another sign that Hollywood has once again driven itself to total moral, artistic, and creative ruin.
Liel Leibovitz
‘Marty Supreme’ Is a Gift to Jews
When there is an attempt to redefine what it means to be Jewish—to turn us into villains—this movie is defiant.
Rich Cohen
Bishop Barron: The Problem with ‘Sinners’
Instead of acknowledging that we can all be evil, the movie says: There are good people and bad people—and Christianity is for the bad people.
Bishop Robert Barron
Louis Theroux’s Pointless Manosphere Documentary
Plus: Why are right-wing trolls accusing each other of being trans?
River Page
Should a Woman Have Nine Children? Or None?
Plus: A fashion founder tells me not to try looking like Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. The sex politics of the AI elite. Lily Allen’s ex is in a show about…
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: The Iranian Movie to Watch This Weekend
If you want some sense of what life’s been like in Tehran—watch the dark and captivating Iranian vampire film, ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.’
Kat Rosenfield
It’s Not His Fault He Used the N-Word
When a man with Tourette’s yelled the slur at the BAFTAs, Hollywood reacted with disgust. They should’ve shown compassion.
Kat Rosenfield
The Weekend Press: The Teenage Stoners of America
Plus: Two drinks with the momfluencer who says night nurses are a ‘narcissistic trend.’ Eli Lake remembers Jesse Jackson’s greatest speech. River Page…
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Can We Stop Trying to Cancel the ’00s?
Plus, why is the internet obsessed with Clavicular? New music from Lana Del Rey. And more!
River Page
David Mamet: Robert Duvall Was the Best Actor of His Generation
The playwright reflects on the late, legendary lead actor of his ‘American Buffalo.’
David Mamet
The Weekend Press: How to Fall in Love
Plus: Suzy Weiss on the new ‘Wuthering Heights.’ The unmissable moments of the Winter Olympics. Tickets to Kat Rosenfield’s book launch. A conversation…
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