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Debating in a vacuum

A scene from THE BAD NEWS BEARS (1976)

A scene from THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)

A scene from THE LONG GOODBYE (1973)

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Five Ways to Promote Your DIY Project!

A scene from APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)

A scene from BLADE RUNNER (1982)

The “sixth Beatle” is alive, and working as a semiotician in Brighton.

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What the author of The Idler’s Glossary accomplished in 2011.

Celebrating thirteen HiLo Heroes about whom we wrote in 2011.

A scene from THE 39 STEPS (1935).

You’ll be doing all right, with your Christmas of white.

A scene from LES VALSEUSES (1974)

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Ringtone: “Stop Your Tickling Jock”

“It became very clear that something very odd was going on there.”

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His talent defined an era of sf; the decline of his talent marked the era’s end.

A 1911 exposé of a mutant species with high brows

Did Sid Vicious really invent this British dance move?

Finnish philologist… or Skrull?

Rebooting is no nostalgia trip — nor is it snarkily ironic.

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Joshua Glenn on a panel from TALES TO ASTONISH (1962)

Jamaica Plain’s hipsters won’t stand for Whole Foods, so…

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A living superman shuffles off this mortal coil.