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Mike Laws

A picture of Trinitite used to illustrate an article on the 75th anniversary of "1984."

BOOKS

Heat Death – Or, That Time You Were Meant to Discuss ‘1984’ on Its Glorious Anniversary but Had Some Kind of Psychotic Break Instead

When you’re in the second person, who’s the paranoid?

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BOOKS

Vladimir Nabokov: Heat Seeker

Sixty years of exquisite torture by ‘Pale Fire’

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Theater archives

Scaling the Action Severely Down, a Black-Box “Trainspotting” Comes Up Aces

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

Arctic Monkeys Jettison Their Guitars and Shoot the Moon

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FILM ARCHIVES

Gloves Off

The follow-up to “Goon” lands a lot of jokes — and this time, they sting

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

Only “Humanz”

Diminishing returns, though still plenty of greatness, on Gorillaz’ long-awaited new album

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FILM ARCHIVES

Gang Agley: The Sequel to “Trainspotting” Is an Uneven Mess, but That’s Not the Worst Thing About It

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FILM ARCHIVES

Das Jackboot: Don’t Sleep on Netflix’s ‘NSU: German History X’

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

In Praise of the Wizard: George Martin, 1926–2016

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

42 Questions, or Why Are You Bingeing on Ed Sheeran?

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