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LCD Soundsystem’s perfect John Hughes movie moment

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When The National meets “Mansion on a Hill”: The best Springsteen covers of all time

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A blockbuster for the “meta-blockbuster” age: What “Edge of Tomorrow” reveals about the sad state of action movies

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Marvel’s secret formula: How the studio seized on American political anxieties to make itself a blockbuster machine

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Springsteen gets lost: The rootlessness of “High Hopes”

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Masculinity anxiety at the movies: Questioning yesterday’s tough guys

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Move over, Kerouac! “Grand Theft Auto” is the American Dream narrative now

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The 10 most heartbreaking TV deaths of 2013

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Is “Boardwalk Empire” art or pulp?

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How the desert made Walter White

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