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Andrew Rader, PhD, is a lot of things. The man is a SpaceX mission manager, MIT-credentialed scientist, game designer, author… And he’s also a history fan. In fact, he’s so fascinated with the subject, he even created a Twitter account to share the weirdest and most wonderful history-related content he stumbles upon. Appropriately called ‘Weird … Read More “‘Weird History’ Is An Account That Shares Interesting, Odd, And Funny Things That Happened Throughout History” »
A Sator square dating from the 14th century at the Church of San Lorenzo in Paggese, Marche, Italy. | DeAgostini/Getty Images A puzzle dug up all over Europe holds the key to Tenet — and turns it into more than a movie. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet is a mysterious movie, one I can’t possibly explain, at … Read More “The ancient palindrome that explains Christopher Nolan’s Tenet” »
Christina Animashaun/Vox; IMDB; Flickr Disney films have always resonated with queer and trans audiences. Here are the gayest films in the canon. The biggest question surrounding the live-action Mulan, now on Disney+, is whether it’s done justice to the 1998 animated film. But some fans have a much more specific question on their minds: Will … Read More “Toward a queer Disney canon” »
Jessie Buckley in I’m Thinking of Ending Things, John David Washington in Tenet, and Li Yufei in Mulan. | Netflix; Warner Bros; Disney How Tenet, Mulan, and I’m Thinking of Ending Things perform has broad implications for the future. Labor Day weekend, the last official weekend of summer, isn’t typically the biggest movie weekend of … Read More “This is the most important movie weekend of the year” »
Some of the women of Love Fraud, one of the year’s best documentary series, now airing on Showtime. | Showtime The Showtime series is both fascinating and genuinely empowering. Its directors hope it will have an impact. It happens more than most of us realize. A woman meets a nice man who compliments her, makes … Read More ““People want to believe”: How Love Fraud builds an absorbing docuseries around a romantic con man” »
Jessie Buckley in I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche, New York. | Netflix / Focus Features / Sony Pictures Classics Where to start with the writer and director’s bizarre, bittersweet movies, including his latest: I’m Thinking of Ending … Read More “Charlie Kaufman’s new Netflix film is brilliant. Here’s a guide to a truly innovative filmmaker.” »
