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Ari Aster Talks with Chaz Ebert about “Eddington” at Music Box
This Saturday, July 12th, Chaz Ebert will moderate a Q&A with writer/director Ari Aster about his latest film, “Eddington,” following a special promotional screening at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre at 7 pm. A24 describes the film thusly: In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) and mayor (Pedro Pascal) sparks a…
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MGM+ Adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Institute” Won’t Keep Students Awake
A bit of “Minority Report,” a dash of “Stranger Things,” a lot of “The Shining,” and even a dollop of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” blend into a gray, bland soup in MGM+’s disappointing “The Institute,” an 8-episode series with a few decent ideas but shoddy execution, dull filmmaking, and leaden pacing. Stephen King…
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KVIFF 2025: “Bidad” Director Soheil Beiraghi on Filming Undercover, Amplifying the Voices of Iranian Gen-Z Women
Of the films competing for the Crystal Globe at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, only one—Soheil Beiraghi’s “Bidad,” the title of which translates to “Outcry”—was kept secret until shortly before the start of the festival. That’s because Beiraghi’s independently produced fourth feature, about an aspiring singer who defies a government ban prohibiting women…
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Earth Is Spinning Faster, Making Some Summer Days Shorter
The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer.
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How Much of Our ‘Math, Revealed’ Series Did You Retain? Try This Quiz.
Our series reveals the math hidden in familiar places. How much do you know about taxicab geometry, triangular numbers, the golden ratio and more?
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Chef Curtis Duffy on His Restaurant Ever, ‘The Bear’ and Michelin Stars
At his Chicago restaurant Ever, which played a supporting role in “The Bear,” the chef Curtis Duffy refines his story.
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Cooking Therapists Bring Clients to the Kitchen
Mental health professionals are meeting clients in the kitchen to harness the therapeutic powers of cooking.
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Trump’s Purge of Foreign Workers Arrives at Amazon’s Warehouses
The tech giant has quietly shed warehouse employees whose work authorizations were revoked after the Trump administration ended a Biden-era immigration program.
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Is A.I. the Future of Web Browsing?
A test of the app Dia illustrates that the humble web browser may be the path to making artificial intelligence more natural to use.
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‘They Kept Coming’: Hundreds of Packages Pile Up Outside Woman’s Home
A year ago, misdirected Amazon returns began arriving at Karen Holton’s house in California. Eventually, she said, they were stacked so high that she could not easily use her door.