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‘Dune’ Foresaw—and Influenced—Half a Century of Global Conflict

Just before his deployment to Iraq in 2003, Ryan Kort spotted a paperback copy of Dune in a bookstore near…

Everyone talks about the sandworms and the spice, but the coolest thing Frank Herbert invented for Dune—even he seemed to…

Heretofore, Marvel’s Disney+ shows have been snacks. Amuse-bouches to keep fans in the cinematic universe in between their trips to…

Watching the opening scene of Sweat while sitting on a couch feels as contrarian as chomping down a bag of…

During World War II, women took on a lot. With American men shipped overseas, they worked in aircraft factories, made…

What is an image worth? Specifically, what is the image of a dead Black man worth? If you had to…

In 2011, movie studio Universal Pictures announced that it would be carrying out a test: It would put out its…

Here’s the thing about pop stardom: The world is unable to divert its stare. Like a vortex, it sucks in…

That’s all business-side multiversing, but I think some of the in-story kind is on its way, too. I have nothing…

Though awards season is already upon us, it certainly doesn’t feel that way. Like so many other things in 2020,…