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Gandalf and the Search for One’s True Name

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Gandalf standing alone in Rings of Power, season 2 episode 2

Gandalf and the Search for One’s True Name

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A scene from Star Wars: The Acolyte; Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Koril (Margarita Levieva) stand with the rest of the coven.

A Gentle Request for More Witches in Star Wars

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Cover of Herman Melville's Redburn with cover art by Edward Gorey

Illustrating the Subtext: Edward Gorey’s Homoerotic Cover Art for Melville’s Redburn

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Alicent (Olivia Cooke) stands with King Viserys (Paddy Considine) in the midst of his model of Old Valyria in House of the Dragon.

A Eulogy for House of the Dragon’s Model of Old Valyria

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Cassandra Webb attends a baby shower and tries to lighten the mood.

The One Truly Great Scene in Madame Web

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Chaos Under the Corset: When Romance Covers Hide Revolution

We Could Be “Eggheads”: Sliders and the Celebrity of Smart

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Coraline wears a star-patterned sweater in a scene from Coraline

Considering the Perfect Knits of Coraline

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Scarlett Johansson as an alien in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin

The Artistic Bravery of Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin

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Let’s All Celebrate the Weirdness of Exorcist III’s Dream Sequence

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A Bloody Fool? On Mark E. Smith’s Smile

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The Wonders of Worf’s Character Arc

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All Hail Aunt Nora, Jumanji’s Adultiest Adult

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Book It! for a New Millennium

Speed Racer Is Both an Explosion of Color and a Masterpiece of Economical Storytelling

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An Ode to Odo’s Cooking and the Food Culture of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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Can a Calgarian Suspend Disbelief During The Last of Us?

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Pushing Daisies: Death, Life, and The Pie Hole

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Centers of Attention in the Very Modern Murder Mysteries of Rian Johnson

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Weird Cosmologies and Unsubtle Monsters: The Shared Terrors of H.P. Lovecraft and Christopher Pike

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