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“Filmmakers use a character’s grief to evoke viewers’ sympathy and cravings for a quick fix. The Christmas widower trope exploits these very human tendencies, triggering sadness for the sake of sadness and making the cheap promise of a neat resolution tied up in a pretty bow.” We hope you enjoyed last week’s story, “Christmas on […]
Six stories celebrating color in all its beauty.
Love, Actually, Never Died: A reading list on the evolution of the romantic comedy.
One desire felt like it would make me more of who I already was, and the other would unmake me entirely.
“I came to a shack with a small, white-haired man inside. I assumed he had been guarding Devil’s Bridge for centuries. I answered his riddles three and he gestured for me to sign in. At the end of his hand was a damp pile of papers and a pen on a gray string. Like most […]
“Two women promised they would see the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time once they were together. They had no idea how long that would take.”
The drama within our public spaces.
“At home, I was Spanish. At school, American. When mom got angry at us, the ultimate insult would be spewed: ‘Ay! That is so American!’ But outside of the house, while in the presence of my peers, I wanted that to be true. Being so American would mean I would be allowed to wear shorts to school. I would […]
North Korea hacked him. Things got personal.
Tom Cruise is about to turn 60 — time for a look back at the life of a master maverick.
