Readings — From the May 2010 issue
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Readings — From the May 2010 issue
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Notebook — From the February 2006 issue
Article — From the October 2005 issue
The Food Network at the frontiers of pornography
Notebook — From the January 2004 issue
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Movies, robot deer, and the American small town
Article — From the April 1998 issue
Where the mountains rise from the sea of our yearning
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The reality of “reality-based” television
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Article — From the January 1984 issue
Article — From the May 1983 issue
The case of the vanishing movie involving a murder, a forty-year drug sentence, Liz Taylor’s repossessed fur coat, and possible skulduggery at the highest levels. The author of a satirical fantasy reflects on life imitating art

Minimum number of baboons forced to smoke crack in a 1989 study testing the efficacy of cigarettes as a drug delivery device:

A reduction in distrust toward atheists was documented among pious Canadians who are reminded of the Vancouver police.

A Missouri cinema apologized for hiring an actor dressed in body armor and carrying a fake rifle to appear at a screening of Iron Man 3.
Winner of the 2012 Olivier Rebbot Award for best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines or books