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If Haynes’s approach to the social-justice movie is to show how the genre works against the rhythms of real-life circumstance, then Hathaway’s performance indicates how this trope works within that genre.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026 -
The book’s shambolic rhythms pay off, as pressure slowly builds on Josh to join in instead of judging.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Other than that, the differences in the format were small, distracting only because of how ingrained the cadences of the original are.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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One Battle After Another’s Kubrickian overtones are largely confined to Lockjaw’s story line — quite appropriate, as Kubrick was fascinated by how attempts to preserve power structures allowed murder to creep into the seemingly benign cadences of ordinary life.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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She was found unresponsive in the ocean about 100 meters from shore before she was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Its tallest skyscrapers sit meters away from the sea, and a system of elevated moving walkways ferries pedestrians uphill and downhill, between office towers.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Backbeats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbeats. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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