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<p>Corey Atad is a freelancer writer based in Toronto with an unhealthy Air Bud obsession.</p>


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Arts And Culture

‘The Bear’ Misses What’s Truly Toxic About Fine Dining

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The Decemberists Take Me Back And Forth

Ethan Hawke and Maya Hawke attend a screening of "Wildcat" at Angelika Film Center on April 11, 2024 in New York City.

Dior, Cinema Society & Oscilloscope Laboratories Host A Screening Of “Wildcat”

Ethan Hawke Wants To Make Movies That Begin At The End

Actress, Vita Vargas, Carla Hernández, Sayaka Yokoyama, Myriam Behar in Claquetazo Braulio Lopez Producer of a Scene from the filming of the film (Nudus) by director Gibran Bazan on October 26, 2020 in Mexico City, Mexico.

The Blackboard And Press Conference Of The film (NUDUS)

Defector At The Movies

Good, Bad, Or Invisible, CGI Makes Movies Unreal

Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone in The Curse

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‘The Curse’ Showed Just Enough To Unsettle

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I Can’t Stop Watching ‘Tenet,’ And I Finally Know Why

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The Survival Of Independent Cinema Begins With The Belief Of Those Who Make It

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