Category: Culture
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Megalopolis: The Best Worst Movie Ever Made
Imagine proposing a movie so dramatic, so opulent and grand, that it destroys your credibility and bankrupts you. It’s something straight out of Poe – or, if you work in Hollywood, a typical pitch meeting. Jodorowsky’s Dune, Tarantino’s Star Trek, Sacha Baron Coen’s Freddy Mercury biopic, any Guillermo del Toro project – the producers shot…
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Gauley Fest: Whitewater’s Biggest Party
For 45 weeks out of the year, the Gauley River runs as most of its cousins in the eastern United States do: as a mere trickle compared to its natural flow, impounded by the dams and weirs that resulted from the country’s insatiable thirst for economic growth, drinking water, and electricity. But for seven weekends…
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Club Chalamet Is “Ma”
By Hannah G “I’m Simone. This is a GenX LA-based super fan account in support of Oscar-nominated actor, Timothée Chalamet”. Seemingly innocent enough, this is the Instagram bio of 57-year-old Simone, a professional movie reviewer in Los Angeles, California. To the ignorant, though a little silly, this account, @clubchalamet at first comes off as endearing.…