The Empty Ambition of “The Brutalist”
Brady Corbet’s epic takes on weighty themes, but fails to infuse its characters with the stuff of life.
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How TikTok Is Influencing Migration
In today’s newsletter, how social media is changing migration, and then: Many people from the Andes have settled in New York. They face tremendous...
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Film of the Week: 'The Brutalist' - An uncompromising triumph
Freshly nominated for 10 Academy Awards and a frontrunner for Best Picture alongside ‘Emilia Pérez’, Brady Corbet’s powerful American saga is...
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'We’re broke': the shocking crisis behind 2025 Academy Awards
The 2025 Oscars are fast approaching, but behind the glitz and glamour, a brutal reality that the industry has kept under wraps is being exposed. Two...
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Chanel event brings Oscar nominees together the night before the big show
The patio of the storied Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel was packed to the brim with Hollywood stars for the annual Chanel and Charles Finch...
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Weekend Beacon 3/2/25
Like many parents this time of year, my wife and I have begun to look at colleges with our son (there's a really good book about this). But a lot has...
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