The weary griever is used to the expression “I can’t imagine.” It is an expression of distance, and of pity. It is a ...

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Very few film directors opt to release trailers a year before the movie’s release, but Christopher Nolan is no exception.

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Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott A.O. Scott, a critic at large for the Book Review, recorded the poem that ...

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