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A Complete Unknown complicates the biopic antagonist

Is Bob Dylan the antagonist of his own biopic? Maybe!

A Complete Unknown makes a meal out of the way Bob Dylan's genius affected those around him who maybe just wanted him to be a little bit nicer to them sometimes. (Credit: Searchlight Pictures)

George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), clad in a vintage football jersey, gazes longingly upon Mary Hatch (Donna Reed), wearing a bathrobe. She gazes out of the frame. They're surrounded by flowers.

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Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson star in Ponies. They're in a vintage car, and that's really all you can tell about it.

Peacock's Ponies and when streaming enters crunch time

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Angel Down, Whalefall, and the phantasmagoria of manhood

Why do people love Daniel Kraus' novels? Maybe it's because he's not afraid of a big metaphor.

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What It's A Wonderful Life's George and Mary Bailey can say to us here in 2026

Peacock's Ponies and when streaming enters crunch time

Submit your September mailbag questions!

Angel Down, Whalefall, and the phantasmagoria of manhood