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To understand global inequality, you have to understand Brazil's inequality.

Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon had a dynamic, mysterious hero in Jason Bourne, but returning to him after ten years proves a tiresome exercise.

Recent productions have revitalized 20th-century classics of American theater. Have they also clouded our sense of history?

From sloth to burnout, each age remakes exhaustion in its own image.

The show relies on an implausible plot and a primal fear of women.

The latest installment in the sci-fi franchise boasts a little bit of everything.

Penny Lane's new documentary traces the life of quack doctor John Romulus Brinkley.

Why the hacker show fumbles in its attempts at social critique.

Communicating with the dead hasn't always been about male bonding.

The new Netflix series aims to deliver something as simply pleasing as 'E.T.'

Mike Birbiglia directs this comedy about members of an improv troupe on the verge of making it big.

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Japan's country and culture is conflicted over cuteness.