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The Teachers’ Lounge
It’s not easy to make an intense thriller about things that happen every day. But when one appears, it’s glorious. Ilker Çatak’s “The Teacher’s Lounge” is glorious. It’s probably the best thriller of this type since “Uncut Gems,” another movie where just watching realistic characters making bad decisions was so nerve-wracking that it made you want…
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The Return of Santa Claus: The Movie — The Box Office Bomb Beloved By Brits
“Santa Claus: The Movie” (1985) is back. British company Silver Salt Restoration has painstakingly restored the film and their sparkling 4K remaster is now showing on big screens across the UK. It’s also available as a digital download and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD, with the home viewing options likely to prove popular presents…
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Upon Reflection: Andrew Haigh on All of Us Strangers
“All of Us Strangers” opens with the fittingly ethereal image of its protagonist staring out the window of his high-rise apartment, the London sunset’s orange glow illuminating his reflection, his somber expression suspended above the skyline. Adam (Andrew Scott), a gay screenwriter in his 40s living alone on the outskirts of the city, still mourns…
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All of Us Strangers
The surreal almost supernatural atmosphere of Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” is present from the first shots, where the sunset light streaming through the windows of the new apartment building seems piercingly gold, almost molten. There’s something weird about the light, like it’s sentient, reaching out for this building in particular. Then there’s the…
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The Year the Leaf-Cutter Ants Took Manhattan
In January, the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing.
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Claire Saffitz’s Cannoli Recipe Will Transport You to Sicily
Claire Saffitz’s recipe is as close to the real thing as you may get in your own kitchen.
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When Santa Claus’s magic is in jeopardy, these parents know how to save it
From creating new Christmas characters to sourcing “reindeer” poop, these are stories about keeping the magic of the season alive.
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How one chef became an evangelist for India’s glorious regional food
At Besharam in San Francisco, Heena Patel focuses on hyper-regional Gujarati cuisine, but her interests keep expanding.
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Deaf Santa travels the country so deaf kids can be heard at Christmastime
“I put on the red suit for the first time, and it fit like nothing else I ever wore,” said Charles Graves, who is deaf.
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No Oversight: Inside a Boom-Time Start-Up Fraud and Its Unraveling
False claims and risky trades at the Silicon Valley start-up HeadSpin were part of a pattern of trouble emerging at young companies that lacked controls.