LACMA

The organization and subject matter of LACMA's exhibition on home points to the true heart of hospitality and of what it means not to have a place in the world.

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Graduation

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s award-winning film examines life in a corrupt and amoral society—but not without a small example of the redeeming practice of virtue.

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The Circle

Social technology says something about society—it might even suggest a radical change in our desires. The Circle asks what happens when community engagement becomes the political end of society.

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Bleeding Edge

Between deeply layered conspiracies and an addictively immersive web program, Pynchon leads his protagonist to the edge of reality—and offers a dangerously comfortable illusion in its place.

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