Guided by the sci-fi touchstones of my youth, I set off in some unexpected directions. Read beyond the breaking news.

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In Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, does Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Mauser become a champion, or does he become a failure? Let's ...

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The speakers’ list for that event was a Who’s Who of American conservatism, but the absence of three prominent right-wingers—the late TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, white-nationalist streamer Nick ...