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The Completist
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Stirred, but Not Shaken
I read the books and watched the movies. Here’s what makes Bond great.
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I Ate Every Variety of Pepperidge Farm Cookie
What I learned about baked goods—and the human condition—from the Milano, the Verona, the Geneva …
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You Can’t Handle the Truth About Aaron Sorkin
I watched everything ever written by America’s finest creator of middlebrow entertainment—a Gilbert and Sullivan for our era.
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I Watched Every Richard Linklater Movie
Here’s what I learned from the small-town philosophers, bar stool monologuists, and high school gods who populate his work.
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All of Steven Spielberg’s Movies, Ranked
From the sublime to the schlock—and beyond.
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The U2 Paradox
Never has a band been more mockable, never has a band been more successful.
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Talk To Her, All About My Mother, Broken Embraces …
Almodóvar’s films, ranked from best to worst.
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I Watched Every Steven Soderbergh Movie
Notes on one of the most varied careers in the history of cinema.
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I Watched Every Steven Soderbergh Movie
Notes on one of the most varied careers in the history of cinema.
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Ranking the Films of Steven Soderbergh
Three masterpieces, six worthwhile divertissements, three really fascinating films that get better with age, four interesting failures, and one movie that's all of the above.
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Soderbergh: The Obscure Works
A closer look at the Oscar-winning director's shorts, TV series, plays, and the improvised movie he shot but has no plans to release.
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Soderbergh: The Obscure Works
A closer look at the Oscar-winning director's shorts, TV series, plays, and the improvised movie he shot but has no plans to release.
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That Rug Really Tied the Room Together
Short films, ad work, and other Coen brothers miscellany.
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