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Life Out of Order by Audrey Niffenegger review

More than two decades on, the passion that ignited Niffenegger’s debut has all but evaporated from this confused follow-up

Texas Democrats Court a New Constituency: Normal People

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The Night Is Fading Away review

A local cinema becomes a refuge after Javier Milei’s election ushers in an era of far-right conservatism in Argentina

Google says it can build data centers the right way. Some experts and residents are skeptical

Google says its Minnesota AI data center will add clean energy to the grid and protect ratepayers. Experts question whether grid upgrades are needed.

Pedigree chums: why dogs are dying less in movies

Are film-makers wary of alienating increasingly sensitive audiences by offing a pooch? Or is humanity now just too soft to deal with the trauma of a Turner & Hooch?

‘They were brilliant people’: fascinating film reveals a Harlem Renaissance reunion

In the dazzling archival documentary Once Upon a Time in Harlem, a 1972 cocktail party brings together various creative luminaries as they discuss and debate

Vampire Carnival review

A mortal twentysomething is caught in a love triangle with two hunky vampire carnival workers in a film with good looks but not much to chew on

A Zack Snyder DC Universe Might Not Have Been Such a Bad Thing, After All

After Joss Whedon’s arrival, back in the news with comments from Ben Affleck, the franchise lost a sense of earnest passion that could have sustained a weary DCEU

‘A beautiful dismantling of cynicism’: why Galaxy Quest is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers detailing their most easily rewatched comfort films is an appreciation of a smart, funny and tender ode to fan culture

Ghost in the Cell review

Director Joko Anwar uses horror for social commentary as he skewers corruption and hypocrisy with likable silliness and raucous energy

A Modest Defense of Lulu Lenin

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OpenAI Bugging Suspect WhatsApp'ed Saudi Royal Days Before Arrest, Feds Reveal

Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan is accused of planting a recording device in an executive conference room at OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco.