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The Good Old Days of Sports Gambling
[ad_1] Billy Walters, the author of another recent insider’s account, “Gambler,” didn’t need any pushing. As a self-described “former degenerate gambler,” he never met a massive bet that he wasn’t...
“Melania” Is a Forty-Million-Dollar Journey Into the Void
[ad_1] The First Lady’s lavish new documentary portrays world events as B-roll between wardrobe changes. [ad_2] Source link
Marx, Palestine, and the Birth of Modern Terrorism
[ad_1] That a handful of revolutionaries could collect airliners worth millions of dollars and hold Western passengers ransom made it appear the Palestinians had history on their side. They dubbed...
What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
[ad_1] What did you make of the President and Melania? And what’s different about filming a movie in the White House or on Air Force One?Well, the film we were...
Why Jackie Robinson Testified Against Paul Robeson
[ad_1] Six days later, he gives another performance, in Washington, D.C., in Room 226 of the Old House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Senator John Wood, of Ku Klux Klan...
The Brazilian Director Who’s Up for Multiple Oscars
[ad_1] I want to start with Recife, the setting for this film. How does your home town fit into the history of filmmaking in Brazil?A hundred years ago, in the...
In “Pillion,” Gay B.D.S.M. Passions Edge Toward Dom-Com
[ad_1] Anchored by Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s superb performances, the British director Harry Lighton’s feature début brightens the bleak novel it’s based on. [ad_2] Source link
Till Lauer’s “Targeted”
[ad_1] For the cover of the February 9, 2026, issue, the artist Till Lauer evokes the recent killings of civilians by ICE agents in Minneapolis, where thousands have gathered in...
How to Figure Out Your Life
[ad_1] The English writer Oliver Burkeman’s “Meditations for Mortals” introduces itself as a kind of handbook on how to cultivate more joy by acknowledging that “you’re never going to sort...
The Forecast Wars on Weather Twitter
[ad_1] For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Brady Brickner-Wood is filling in for Kyle Chayka.What you expected from this past weekend’s winter storm likely depended on where you got your...
