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'The Peripheral' travels into two different futures and still isn't worth your time

3 years 11 months ago
In terms of Nolan brothers productions, "The Peripheral" appears to have been made for people who think "Tenet" and the fourth season of "Westworld" weren't complicated enough. Adapting William Gibson's sci-fi novel, this Amazon series again deals with themes of virtual reality and sort-of time travel, but in a grinding fashion that should push it to the periphery of one's "watch" list, if not off it entirely.

Why Anne Hathaway and other women are saying enough to the haters

3 years 11 months ago
Some pop culture moments, as they age, feel more and more like bouts of collective madness. Why did everyone hate Anne Hathaway all of those years ago? Around 2013, despite winning a slew of awards for her role in "Les Miserables," it seemed the actress couldn't catch a break. Despite a lack of scandal or outright offensive behavior, she was "the star we love to loathe," " the bad kind of theater kid," "the kind of person who inexplicably bugs people."

'This story departs from all conventions': Park Chan-wook on updating film noir and subverting the male gaze in 'Decision To Leave'

3 years 11 months ago
Certain phrases don't translate from English into Korean. "Film noir" and "the male gaze" are two of them. Sat with his interpreter in a hotel suite in one of London's more upmarket junket venues, director Park Chan-wook says them frequently, two islands of English in a sea of Korean, part of a long answer about how "Decision To Leave," his latest film, engages with both.

'Descendant' and 'Rosa Parks' provide new windows into chapters in Black history

3 years 11 months ago
Two powerful documentaries explore different aspects of Black history this week, in each case shedding light on misrepresented or under-covered chapters. Presented by Barack Obama's company under its Netflix deal, "Descendant" examines the discovery of a long-sunk ship that brought enslaved Africans to Alabama, while "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" reclaims a figure whose legacy was too often characterized as the product of tired feet.
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