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December 16, 2024
MagazinePhillip Maciak
Taika Waititi’s Open-Hearted Television Empire
From “What We Do in the Shadows” to “Interior Chinatown,” Waititi has a gift for making defiantly original, rambling, rollicking, freewheeling shows.
July 8, 2024
Timothy Noah
The Republicans’ Most Cynical, Pointless Brawl Yet
Don’t be fooled by the Trump GOP platform fight: It’s a ruse.
February 11, 2020
David L. Ulin
The Enduring Vision of Chinatown
A new history of the classic noir movie dissects L.A.’s creation myths.
October 6, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Jesse Waters issued a classic non-apology for his offensive Chinatown episode.
June 10, 2014
Peter Gerstenzang
How Hollywood Gave Up on the Detective Story
Did 'Chinatown' doom the private eye?
October 30, 2012
Charles Homans
“Is the Booze Alright?” Red Hook Resurfaces After Sandy
August 27, 2010
David Thomson
Chinamen
August 27, 2010
David Thomson
Chinamen
June 8, 2010
Greg Veis
The Sweet Part of the City
June 7, 2010
Jonathan Chait
John Wooden And Los Angeles
January 18, 2010
Christopher Benfey
The Hunger Artists
September 29, 2009
Isaac Chotiner
Roman Polanski's Defenders
November 27, 2006
Stanley Kauffmann
Altering States
July 2, 2001
Franklin Foer
Reorientation
September 13, 1999
Randall Kennedy
Suspect Policy

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