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Naoki Higashida, a non-speaking autistic person from Japan, was only 13 when he wrote The Reason I Jump, his…
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On October 2, 2018, a Washington Post journalist named Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul,…
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Stephen Robinson
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Tiger Woods is perhaps the most famous golfer of all time, which means many people are well aware of his many…
Jan 2
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The A.V. Club
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Streaming libraries expand and contract. Algorithms are imperfect. Those damn thumbnail images are always …
Dec 21
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Nearly two years since we first heard tell of the project, Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson has shared a glimpse…
Dec 17
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Rodney Ascher is one of the most exciting documentarians working today. In films like Room 237 and The Nightmare, he…
Dec 7
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Although he has never been convicted of a crime, Mike Africa Jr. has served significant time. Debbie Africa, at the…
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Musa Hadid, the mayor of the Palestinian city of Ramallah (pop. 40,000), is not an imposing guy. Accoutered in a…
Nov 25
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Next to its streaming competitors, HBO is a dinosaur. The original pay-cable network will celebrate its 50th…
Nov 24
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Lacking in good cult content now that the dueling NXIVM documentaries have wrapped? Good news: HBO Max will soon…
Nov 18
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Just mere days after Peter Sutcliffe, the serial killer also known as the Yorkshire Killer, died in prison after…
Nov 17
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Note: The writer of this review watched Collective on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Nov 16
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Viral rapper, snitch, and general scourge Tekashi 6ix9ine is free from both prison and house arrest as of this past…
Nov 12
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Tiger Woods, the golf superstar whose career drowned in tabloid fodder, is the subject of a new HBO docuseries that…
Nov 10
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If you enjoy a good mystery, you’ll love the story of D.B. Cooper. In 1971, a man identified only as Dan Cooper…
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In many respects, City Hall looks like a documentary that Frederick Wiseman might have made four or five decades…
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Explaining nuclear radiation in layman’s terms can sound a lot like a fantasy novel’s black magic: See, there’s this…
Oct 23
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In order to appear on the ballot for mayor in the city of Chicago, a candidate must submit a petition with 12,500…
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High school rites of passage have a way of bringing communities together (Friday Night Lights, anyone?), and Midnight…