Jean-Luc Godard Will Be Modern Forever
There can be only so many “greatest living filmmakers” roaming the Earth at once. With the death of French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, the world has lost one…
Read moreA Guide to Every Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Movie
For Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, a life-long friendship has also fostered an award-winning, critically acclaimed creative partnership and a rich shared body of work. Since 1989,…
Read moreAsteroid City Is Too Stiff and Stylized
Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City is what happens when a filmmaker’s world of wonder and whimsy becomes a prison. Love Anderson or hate him, he at least has…
Read moreA History of Elon Musk’s Twitter U-Turns
This Tuesday marked one full year since Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion offer to buy the social network. The 12 months that followed were marked by…
Read moreCars Get Stuck at U.S. Garages in Spare-Parts Shortage
The world’s supply chain woes are bearing down on U.S. auto garages. The challenge of finding spare parts as mundane as oil filters or carpeting has forced…
Read moreAmazon Sued by FTC and 17 States
The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorney generals filed an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the e-commerce behemoth uses its position in the marketplace…
Read moreMcDonald’s Closes American Offices Amid Expected Layoffs
McDonald’s is temporarily shutting down its U.S. offices this week as it prepares to announce layoffs across the company’s corporate structure. In an email sent out to…
Read moreAs More Companies Make Net-Zero Pledges, Some Aren’t as Good as They Sound
At COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, governments and businesses put forward ambitious-sounding plans to de-carbonize. But a closer look beneath the surface shows many corporate…
Read moreMore Than 100 Kids Were Illegally Employed In Dangerous Jobs
More than 100 children—some as young as 13—were employed in hazardous jobs cleaning equipment like skull splitters, brisket saws, and bone cutters in meatpacking plants in eight…
Read moreMeet the 80 and 90-Somethings Who Still Want to Work
Wilmar Jensen passed the California bar and started practicing law the same year that Dwight D. Eisenhower became President and Elizabeth II took the throne as Queen…
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