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Bleecker Street The Art of Self-Defense Explores the Absurd Horrors of Masculinity
The satirical karate movie starring Jesse Eisenberg posits that these days, men do not have to dig deeply to find their inner brutes.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Netflix’s U.S. Subscriber Numbers Are Slipping
The company is seeing a dip in its American growth for the first time since 2011. What does that mean for the streaming service?
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Ethan Miller / Getty / Thanh Do / ... I Wasn’t a Fan of BTS. And Then I Was.
The Korean supergroup’s devoted following and chart-topping success have won them comparisons to the Beatles. Why was I surprised to get swept up in their magic?
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NBC / Everett Collection HBO Max’s Golden Ticket
The details of the newly announced mega-service are murky, but it has one huge advantage over Netflix: the streaming rights to Friends.
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Netflix The Deeper Significance of the Mall on Stranger Things
The Netflix series reimagines the role that a shopping center can play in the lives of American teens—especially for its young female characters.
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP Emmy Nominations 2019: HBO Ascendant
Game of Thrones dominated a surprisingly open-minded slate of nods that recognized critical favorites.
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Everett Collection Steel Magnolias Is a Beloved Weepy With a Dark Side
Released 30 years ago, the star-studded melodrama has an uncomfortable message about people who choose to have children despite the medical risks.
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Andrew Couldridge / Reuters Novak Djokovic Is the Greatest Player of the ‘Big Three’
The 32-year-old Serb overwhelmed Roger Federer in a marathon men’s singles final at Wimbledon and proved himself the best of his generation.
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Hannah Mckay / Reuters Simona Halep’s Dazzling Wimbledon Victory
The 27-year-old Romanian underdog handily defeated the formidable Serena Williams in a final that echoed a classic 2008 match.
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Hulu The Cruelty of Aunt Lydia
In a flashback episode, The Handmaid’s Tale tried to explain how one of its characters became a monster. But it missed the most crucial element of her personality.
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Mark Hill / 20th Century Fox If You Give a Cop an Uber
Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista are a lovable odd couple in Stuber, an old-school buddy comedy made for 2019.
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Disney Disney’s New Lion King Remake Is Predictably Weird
Jon Favreau’s CGI-heavy version of 1994’s animated classic uses a stellar cast—including Beyoncé, Donald Glover, and Seth Rogen—to uneven effect.
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A24 Awkwafina Gives a Stellar Breakout Performance in The Farewell
The comedian and rapper shines in Lulu Wang’s new film about a young woman who has to hide a painful truth from her dying grandmother.
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Popperfoto / Getty Wimbledon’s First Fashion Scandal
One hundred years ago, a player shocked spectators with her “indecent” dress—not the last time attire has distracted from athleticism in tennis.
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Jennifer Clasen / HBO How Big Little Lies Captures Children's Quiet Stress
In the fifth episode of its new season, the HBO series homes in on the burdens kids bear in times of familial distress.
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Benoit Tessier / Reuters One Question Hanging Over the World Cup Final
As the United States and the Netherlands prepare to face off, teams and fans wonder whether VAR—or instant-replay reviews—will decide the champion.
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Disney / Marvel Spider-Man: Far From Home Satirizes the Way Marvel Movies Are Made
A final twist reveals the film’s true villain—and offers a layered critique of the systems that bring superheroes to the screen.
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Netflix The American Paranoia of Stranger Things 3
The rollicking third season of Netflix’s nostalgic hit mines the conspiracy theories woven into pop culture.
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A24 / Everett Collection / Jamie McCarthy / ... What Kind of Movie Ari Aster Wanted Midsommar to Be
“It’s folk horror, but it’s being given to you with the trajectory of a high-school comedy.”
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Toby Melville / Reuters What the Men Can Learn From the Women at Wimbledon
The young male players trying to unseat the “big three” of tennis should look to upstarts such as Ashleigh Barty and Naomi Osaka for a lesson on how to translate talent into titles.
