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Materialists Tries To Update the Rom-Com for the Tinder Generation

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Writer-director Celine Song’s Materialists follows a professional NYC matchmaker split between two charming suitors. It’s yet another attempt to update the Jane Austen formula, but without the poignancy and beauty of Song’s acclaimed Past Lives.

books

Moral Limits

Avram Alpert Dissent Magazine
This book, writes reviewer Alpert, is "a powerful account of our failures to stop the war in Gaza, despite the professed worth we place on values like empathy.

food

Bring Back Horn & Hardart

Laine Doss Broken Palate
David Arena relaunched Horn & Hardart a little over two years ago. His goal is to bring back not just the company but its values.

film

The IP Machine Laughs at Itself

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg mock Hollywood’s creative collapse in The Studio — while continuing to churn out sequels, reboots, and branded spin-offs.
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