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Inside a house, a middle-aged Black man stands next to a Black teenage girl. Standing slightly before them is a white woman with long brown hair and a white man with greying hair and beard. All are staring in the same direction. All look very concerned.

‘Leave the World Behind’ Is a Terrific Blend of Thriller, Disaster and Satire

A pale woman with long black hair stands in side profile before a blue sky.

‘Poor Things’ Is a Gloriously Anarchic Celebration of Life Without Limits

Hundreds of people wearing matching green tracksuits stand at one end of a vast room with sandy colored floor and walls painted to resemble the sky.

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An illustration of a hand moving through a doorway, clutching a dangling key.

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An unkempt man wearing a brown overcoat walks through a park eating an ice cream.

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A blonde woman wearing a 1950s-style wine-red suit dances with her hair tousled over her face next to a younger girl in a black dress. Behind them is an old jukebox and other figures dancing.

‘Eileen,’ a Wonderful Novel About an ‘Invisible’ Young Lady Becomes an Oddball Film

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A scene from animated film 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' featuring a group of white children sitting at the ends and on one side of a dinner table. A Black child is sitting alone on the opposite side of the table.

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A small, dank room with a band playing at the back of the room and a small audience watching, viewed from behind.

5 Old SF Punk Venues (Other Than Mabuhay Gardens) We Wish Still Existed

A man with muscular shoulder exposed from a robe stands at a grand railing and overlooks a huge garden. It is strewn with detritus and trash from some kind of wild party.

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Six books with colorful covers.

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