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Thursday, December 18

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Rob Reiner Made a New Kind of Fairy Tale

The director placed real people, with real senses of humor, into the fantasies of mass culture.

The Many Lives of James Cameron (So Far)

The visionary explorer and filmmaker has ventured to the deepest point on the planet, predicted the coming AI apocalypse, and conquered the record for ticket sales. (His own.) His latest film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, might be his most audacious project yet.

Podcast: Publishing Is Getting Smaller by The Honest Broker
Available this week: "Writer's Diary" by Matthew Gasda
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The visionary explorer and filmmaker has ventured to the deepest point on the planet, predicted the coming AI apocalypse, and conquered the record for ticket sales. (His own.) His latest film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, might be his most audacious project yet.

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