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1. No Joke

Author

Zornosa, Laura

Subjects
Beef (Television program) -- Identification and classification, The Bear (Television program) -- Identification and classification, Sunny (Television program) -- Identification and classification, Comedy programs -- Forecasts and trends -- Identification and classification, Misanthropy -- Portrayals, Problem families -- Portrayals, Black humor (Literature) -- Portrayals -- Forecasts and trends, Television comedies -- Forecasts and trends -- Identification and classification, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Dark comedies like ''The Bear'' and ''Sunny,'' provide a contrast to contemporary comedy's relentlessly upbeat streak. Masa is a hikikomori -- a shut-in or hermit of sorts -- who has [...]

Published
2024

3. The 50 Greatest Western Movies Ever Made

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Apple TV (Set-top Internet box)
Abstract

Byline: Keith Phipps This article was originally published September 4, 2019 and has been updated to include additional movies. America can only claim a few art forms as its own. [...]

Published
2024

4. The Particular Loss in a Close Friend's Death

Subjects
General interest
Abstract

Sheldon Heitner and Stephen Kling met on a school bus in 3rd grade; almost seven decades later, they still had the exceptional kind of friendship where they could communicate in [...]

Published
2024

5. All 9 Yorgos Lanthimos Movies, Ranked

Subjects
Poor Things (Novel), Dogtooth (Motion picture), Filmmakers, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: A.A. Dowd (https://www.vulture.com/article/yorgos-lanthimos-sure-call-poor-things-hollywood.html) Yorgos Lanthimos, the Greek director of (https://www.vulture.com/article/emma-stone-in-poor-things-yorgos-lanthimos.html) Poor Things, (https://www.vulture.com/2015/05/cannes-colin-farrells-anti-singlehood-dystopia.html) The Lobster, and this week's new supersize anthology (https://www.vulture.com/article/review-kinds-of-kindness-is-pure-sicko-yorgos-lanthimos.html) Kinds of Kindness, has to be one [...]

Published
2024

7. 61 Essential Queer Horror Films

Subjects
Homosexuality, Horror films, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jordan Crucchiola This article was originally published on June 25, 2018. It has been updated with additional films. From 1934 until 1967, Hollywood movies were shaped by (https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93301189) the [...]

Published
2024

8. 'Terrifier 3': The Sick Slasher Sequel Guaranteed to Make You Vomit

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Damien Leone's cult Terrifier series doesn't care about originality or suspense, only extreme gruesomeness designed to make audiences shriek, squirm, recoil, and hurl. On those limited terms, its third entry, [...]

Published
2024

9. Grad School Was Never This Fun

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kathryn VanArendonk The Sympathizer is studded with repeating images. There's a grimacing asymmetrical smiley-face logo, an egg rolling across a table, a French candy wrapper, a bottle of Coke, [...]

Published
2024

10. The Gentlemen Series-Premiere Recap: Cannabis in the U.K

Subjects
Marijuana, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Sean T. Collins Does crime pay? It does if you watch television in 2024. Before the end of February, the tube served up the end of (https://www.vulture.com/tv/fargo/) Fargo season [...]

Published
2024

11. Behind the scenes as Joe Biden lost control of the Democratic Party

Author

Scherer, Michael, Pager, Tyler, Dawsey, Josh, Parker, Ashley, Kane, Paul, and Sotomayor, Marianna

Subjects
Electioneering, Political campaigns, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political activity
Abstract

Byline: Michael Scherer, Tyler Pager, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Paul Kane, Marianna Sotomayor The president of the United States had spoken - with 24 million Americans watching on TV. Every [...]

Published
2024

12. Behind the scenes as Joe Biden lost control of the Democratic Party

Author

Scherer, Michael, Pager, Tyler, Dawsey, Josh, Parker, Ashley, Kane, Paul, and Sotomayor, Marianna

Subjects
Electioneering, Political campaigns, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Democratic Party (United States) -- Evaluation
Abstract

Byline: Michael Scherer, Tyler Pager, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, Paul Kane, Marianna Sotomayor The president of the United States had spoken - with 24 million Americans watching on TV. Every [...]

Published
2024

13. âKinds of Kindness': A trilogy of twisted tales from Yorgos Lanthimos

Author

Burr, Ty

Subjects
Kinds of Kindness (Motion picture) -- Lanthimos, Yorgos, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Ty Burr Life is cruel, all is vanity, the house always wins and the cosmic joke is on us. Everything in popular culture conspires to hide these truths from [...]

Published
2024

14. House committee grills former NIH advisor over his conversations about COVID origins

Subjects
United States. National Institutes of Health -- Investigations, Research grants -- Investigations, Disclosure of information -- Investigations, Political consultants -- Investigations, Zoologists -- Investigations, Company legal issue, General interest, Freedom of Information Act, EcoHealth Alliance -- Investigations
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=nx-s1-4976205 BYLINE: GEOFF BRUMFIEL HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: A lot of people may have moved on from COVID-19, but a Republican-led House [...]

Published
2024

15. Remembering filmmaker Roger Corman, king of B-movies

Subjects
Filmmakers -- Interviews, Actors -- Interviews, Actresses, Arts, visual and performing, General interest, Actors Studio
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1251795051 BYLINE: JOHN POWERS HOST: DAVID BIANCULLI DAVID BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Roger Corman, the influential film director and [...]

Published
2024

16. Why BeyoncA[c]'s foray into country music with 'Cowboy Carter' has been polarizing

Subjects
Country music, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1241357536 HOST: LEILA FADEL LEILA FADEL: By tonight, the beehive is getting a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, 'TEXAS [...]

Published
2024

17. The rise of 'cubicle comedians'

Subjects
Comedians, Public radio, General interest, TikTok (Online social network)
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1237298879 BYLINE: JORDAN-MARIE SMITH HOST: SCOTT DETROW SCOTT DETROW: Making fun of corporate America is a tried-and-true comic terrain. Think about hit shows [...]

Published
2024

18. 'Kinds of Kindness': Emma Stone's Twisted New Film Makes 'Poor Things' Seem Normal

Subjects
Poor Things (Novel), Film festivals, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Yorgos Lanthimos' most recent film, the Oscar-winning (https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tag/title/poor-things) Poor Things, was ultimately a nice movie for the director. Yes, it was bizarre and filled with sex scenes, but when you [...]

Published
2024

19. âLove Lies Bleedingâ: Kristen Stewart in a radically ripped romance

Author

Kiang, Jessica

Subjects
General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jessica Kiang It is 1989 New Mexico in Rose Glassâs âLove Lies Bleeding,â and it is also not. Despite the radio reporting the fall of the Berlin Wall and [...]

Published
2024

21. Lucien Pellat-Finet, 78, Whose Cashmere Sweaters Became Symbol of Success

Author

Felder, Rachel

Subjects
Clothing industry, Marijuana, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The aesthetic of the sweaters he designed, which included provocative symbols like marijuana leaves and skulls, was casual. Their price tags were not. Lucien Pellat-Finet, the French fashion designer whose [...]

Published
2024

24. Double Agent: Park Chan-wook's adaptation is a thrilling translation of theory into image

Author

Vanarendonk, Kathryn

Subjects
Parks -- Analysis, Communists -- Analysis, Theater equipment and supplies industry -- Analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

THE SYMPATHIZER MAX. THE SYMPATHIZER is studded with repeating visuals: a grimacing asymmetrical smiley-face logo, an egg rolling across a table, a flickering movie-projector light. They return again and again [...]

Published
2024

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