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Rami Malek plays a CIA data analyst out of his depth in The Amateur, while Warfare depicts a real-life Iraqi mission, calibrated as a cinematic show-of-force.

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I think the other gods see me as your assistant, rather than as an equal. And you know how they can be brats!

Black Mirror season 7 is out now on Netflix. Charlie Brooker, the show’s creator, says he’s “worrying in what I hope is an entertaining way” in an interview with NPR’s A Martínez.

The National Public Housing Museum is now open in Chicago. Installations, exhibits and stories about public housing’s successes as well as its challenges are on display.

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When the last season left off, Deborah was offered her second chance at late night — and Ava resorted to blackmail. It’s hard not to feel like the new season continues to take these two in circles of fight and reconciliation.

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President Trump’s sweeping tariff policy has upended the global economy. Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, likens it to The Art of the Deal — on steroids.

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With prices for a dozen eggs remaining high this spring, crafting eggsperts offer creative substitutes — from potatoes to marshmallows.

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There are 25 new additions to the Library of Congress collection. They include albums by Elton John, Miles Davis, Amy Winehouse, and the original cast recording of Hamilton.

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Andrea Long Chu was once one of Brittany’s favorite Sex and the City bloggers, and she’s now a Pulitzer-winning critic. Andrea lends her critical eye to everything from the TV show Yellowstone to the work of Sally Rooney to pro-Palestinian protests and free speech. And she does it with wit, style, and fearlessness. Brittany chats with Andrea about her new book, Authority – a collection of some of Andrea’s best work, along with two new essays. They discuss why art is a “fossil record” of desire, what kind of authority critics have, and why we might need to rethink what criticism should do for us.

The premise might be a tough sell: a young woman attempts to finally own her sexuality following a terminal diagnosis. In the new show Dying For Sex, Michelle Williams stars as a cancer patient confronting the unsatisfying relationships in her life. The series is also a raunchy sex comedy that suggests it’s never too late to insist on your own happiness. And it’s got a stellar cast, including Jenny Slate, Rob Delaney, and Sissy Spacek.

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