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Happiness

Noah Baumbach, the writer and director, has been more willing than most to think of his films of the past decade—about disappointment, broken families, dying pets—as comedies. When “Greenberg”…
AUTHOR:Ian Parker
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (905 words)

The Martian Chroniclers

There once were two planets, new to the galaxy and inexperienced in life. Like fraternal twins, they were born at the same time, about four and a half billion years ago, and took roughly the same…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1062 words)

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ABSTRACT: PROFILE of British comedy writer and director Armando Iannucci. Early one morning last fall, Iannucci was on location in Washington, D.C., directing a scene for “Veep,” an HBO…
AUTHOR:Ian Parker
PUBLISHED: March 26, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (511 words)

Weekend Reading: Tycoons’ Apartments, California Farm Laborors, Mali’s Struggles

Articles about real estate rarely captivate. But it certainly helps if they mention “the world’s most expensive residential building,” the “bowler-hatted guards trained by…
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (724 words)

The Master

Robert Berman’s English class was a “cult of personality,” one student said. “There was so much desire to please.” Illustration by Owen Freeman.
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1009 words)

Heavyweight

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg turns eighty this month, and she can project the daunting stillness of a seated monarch. She is tiny—about five feet tall and a hundred pounds—and her face…
PUBLISHED: March 11, 2013
LENGTH: 1 minutes (379 words)

Up All Night

Some people can’t go to sleep until late; others can’t sleep in. Both suffer “social jet lag.” Illustration by Nishant Choksi.
PUBLISHED: March 11, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1084 words)

Beppe’s Inferno

Beppe Grillo is an Italian version of Michael Moore. Photograph by Stefano De Luigi.
PUBLISHED: Feb. 4, 2008
LENGTH: 3 minutes (996 words)

The House of Pain

“People don’t think Republicans have their back,” Cantor said. The problem is not “necessarily our policies” but how “we’ve been portrayed.”…
AUTHOR:Ryan Lizza
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (950 words)
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