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Stephen Marche is a novelist who writes a monthly column for Esquire magazine about culture. The best gig he ever had was as a professor of Renaissance drama at the City College of New York, which he quit in 2007 to write full-time.

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Damien Chazelle Reveals His Favorite Musical Moments in _La La Land_The Oscar-nominated writer-director talks about bringing old-fashioned romance to a cynical generation.Feb 23, 2017Leonard Cohen Had Been Preparing to Die For DecadesA letter to the legend on the occasion of his death.Nov 11, 2016Why Canada Can't Laugh At America AnymoreDonald Trump's candidacy shows it's only funny to see someone stumble when they're sure they're great and they're not quite as great as they think they are. Nov 7, 2016If You Don't Enjoy La La Land, You Probably Don't Deserve to be HappyIt managed to delight the grumpiest of audiences at Toronto International Film Festival.Sep 13, 2016

A 10-Year-Old Reviews _Suicide Squad_We asked a member of the film's target audience to give his take.Aug 8, 2016Veep Shows How Awkward It Is When Politicians Show Their Real EmotionsSelina Meyer buried her mom, while real Republicans kept failing to bury Trump.May 16, 2016A 10-Year-Old Reviews _Captain America: Civil War_We asked a member of the film's target audience to give his take.May 9, 2016What Was More Batsh*t Crazy This Week: Veep or the 2016 Election?It's hard out here for a taco bowl.May 9, 2016

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What Was More Batsh*t Crazy This Week: Veep or the 2016 Election?In which John Boehner goes toe-to-toe with John Slattery.May 2, 2016What Was More Batsh*t Crazy This Week: Veep or the 2016 Election?The first installment in a new series.Apr 25, 2016Archer Continues to Combine Crude and Sophisticated HumorFX's animated secret agent parody returns for its seventh season.Mar 31, 2016Deadpool Is a Marvel Movie for People Who Don't Like Marvel MoviesAnd it's pretty great.Feb 12, 2016

It's Time to Talk About the Daddy Issues in _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_Oedipus in space. Dec 23, 2015A Eulogy for Daniel Craig's 007, the Best Bond EverHow Spectre (likely) ends a franchise run that defined a generation.Nov 3, 2015Netflix's Beasts of No Nation Is the Most Intense War Movie in YearsAt the Toronto Film Festival, two movies that will change the way you look at the fight against terrorism.Sep 18, 2015Review: Trumbo Will Win Oscars Because It's About How Great the Oscars AreThe Bryan Cranston-starring movie tells a riveting story, but it's pure Oscar bait.Sep 17, 2015

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Michael Moore's New Documentary Will Make You Hate Him More Than EverThe documentarian tries to solve America's problems by taking a European road trip in Where to Invade Next.Sep 16, 2015How Sicario Challenges Hollywood's Drug War ObsessionIs there anything left to say about American cartel activity? A vivid, new thriller suggests: it may not matter.Sep 16, 2015Natalie Portman's A Tale of Love and Darkness Is the Most Revolutionary Jewish Movie Since _Schindler's List_Natalie Portman's drama set during the birth of Israel is urgently relevant and unlike anything else.Sep 14, 2015Review: Colin Farrell's The Lobster Is a Weird, Hilarious Metaphor for LoveIt might be the strangest setup for a movie ever.Sep 14, 2015

Why True Detective Season 2 FailedThis eight-episode set of the HBO drama roared in like a lion and out like something decidely less fierce.Aug 10, 2015True Detective Is the Most Addictive Kind of TVSeason two of the HBO drama, starring Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, and Rachel McAdams, returns June 21.Jun 12, 2015The Media Thinker Whose Quotes Explain _Mad Men_Marshall McLuhan understood advertising before everyone else—and gave Matthew Weiner a premise.May 12, 2015A 9-Year-Old Reviews _Avengers: Age of Ultron_Kids love Marvel movies... right?May 4, 2015

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Searching for Infinity Inside a Video GameThe new generation of world-building video games attempts to give us what real life can't: endless possibility.Apr 30, 2015The French Government Brilliantly Uses Game of Thrones to Explain Its PolicyPeople of Westeros, hear, hear!Apr 16, 2015Why Boyhood Will Be the Pulp Fiction of the 2015 OscarsEven if it doesn't win Best Picture, Boyhood, not Birdman or American Sniper, will be the movie we cherish the longest.Feb 20, 2015American Sniper Is the First Great Movie About the Iraq WarClint Eastwood's blockbuster war movie shows us the suffering of a heroic solider in a disorienting war.Jan 20, 2015

'A Very Particular Set of Skills': Revisiting the Amazing Taken SpeechRhetoric, thy teacher is Neeson.Jan 8, 2015The correct response to threats of random violence is not to cave. In the gutless cancelation of The Interview release, Seth Rogen and James Franco emerge the lone heroes.Dec 17, 2014Why Boyhood Is the Most Deserving Awards Candidate This YearIt's in a category of its own.Dec 11, 2014Generation X Finally Grows UpNineties icons are ready to face adulthood after allSep 12, 2014

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