The ‘Dark Wizard’ Directors on Free Soloing, the Alex Honnold Rivalry, and Dean Potter’s Mystique

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We asked the directors of HBO’s ‘The Dark Wizard’ how they think Dean Potter would react to their piercing portrayal of his life.

Where Does This Anti War Masterpiece Belong

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In Spain A Request To Borrow Picassos Guernica Sparks A Bitter Debate

The Car-Crash Conspiracy

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On any given day, roughly three million tractor-trailers ferry goods along American highways, and it is only because of some perverse collective disavowal that any of us, in our dinky cars, agree to share the road with them. Large trucks…

‘It holds a lot of memories’: the push to save a beloved New York dive bar

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Jimmy’s Corner, opened by former boxer Jimmy Glenn in 1971, is a vestige of an older New York – and its loyal patrons are fighting to protect it

‘After the Flood’ argues Bob Dylan’s late career is just as potent as his early years

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Liveright It's been a long time since I've read a book about a major artist that is as much fun — that communicates as much excitement as the author feels for his subject — as Robert Polito's After the…

A Brief History of Word Games by Adrienne Raphel

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March 23, 2020 – Ever since we’ve had language, we’ve played games with words.

Science under sail: How Project Zero is helping build the future of emission-free yachting

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Working closely with the owners’ non-profit, a renewable energy accelerator called Foundation Zero, every piece of research and every technical solution has been published under an open-source agreement aimed at driving change across the marine industry.

Marty Supreme Air Bud Fair PlayIn ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Air Bud,’ Is It Unfair to Exploit a Loophole?

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In “Marty Supreme,” “Air Bud” and real life — is it unfair to exploit a loophole, or just good strategy?

The Story Of The Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’

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Enlarge this image It's hard to think of American pop music in the 1960s without thinking of The Beach Boys. In 1966, as rock 'n' roll was changing, Beach Boy Brian Wilson wrote a song that would break the…