More than a month after his indie thriller Sound of Freedom premiered in theaters, setting off waves of hype, criticism, and conspiracy theories, director Alejandro Monteverde has weighed in on the film’s runaway success and […]
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Iowa School District Bans Books by Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood After AI Review for ‘Depictions of a Sex Act’
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Damar Hamlin Returns for First NFL Game Since On-Field Collapse: ‘It Was Super Fun’
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Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne
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These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI
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Sonic Youth: Live in Brooklyn 2011
The cover of Sonic Youth’s 1985 album Bad Moon Rising is one of indie rock’s most striking pieces of iconography, featuring the silhouette of a scarecrow in a crucifixion pose, topped with an evil-grinning Jack […]