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"Sound" & Fury: The Internet's Obsession With Film Ratings

“Sound” & Fury: The Internet’s Obsession With Film Ratings

Anghus Houvouras in the Sight & Sound Top 100, Jeanne Dielman and the internet’s obsession with film rankings… A few weeks ago, Sight and sound magazine has released its most recent list of top 100 movies. An honor given to cinematographic works once a decade, voted on by 1,169 filmmakers who were asked to rank …

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The internet's new favorite AI offers to torture Iranians and monitor mosques

The internet’s new favorite AI offers to torture Iranians and monitor mosques

A DALL-E generation of “an oil painting of America’s War on Terror if led by artificial intelligence.” Image: Elise Swain/The Intercept; SLAB Sensational new machine learning breakthroughs seem to sweep our Twitter feeds every day. We barely have time to decide whether software that can instantly conjure up an image of Sonic the Hedgehog addressing …

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How $15,000 horror film 'Skinarink' became the internet's new cult obsession

How $15,000 horror film ‘Skinarink’ became the internet’s new cult obsession

Kyle Edward Ball began his career as a filmmaker by collecting nightmares. “I have a YouTube channel where people comment on nightmares they’ve had and I would recreate them,” he says. “The most commonly shared was basically the same concept: ‘I’m between 6 and 10 years old. I’m at home. My parents are dead or …

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How $15,000 horror film 'Skinarink' became the internet's new cult obsession

How $15,000 horror film ‘Skinarink’ became the internet’s new cult obsession

Kyle Edward Ball began his career as a filmmaker by collecting nightmares. “I have a YouTube channel where people comment on nightmares they’ve had and I would recreate them,” he says. “The most commonly shared was basically the same concept: ‘I’m between 6 and 10 years old. I’m at home. My parents are dead or …

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How "We're All Going to the World's Fair" Came From the Internet's Subconscious

How “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” Came From the Internet’s Subconscious

Jane Schoenbrun’s first narrative feature, We’re all going to the world’s fair, is a spellbinding horror film that eschews the traditional three-act structure in favor of bold, unprecedented cinematic language and a deep fascination with its central character, Casey, who lives most of her life as a teenager in his bedroom, posting vlogs as part …

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How "We're All Going to the World's Fair" Came From the Internet's Subconscious

How “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” Came From the Internet’s Subconscious

Jane Schoenbrun’s first narrative feature, We’re all going to the world’s fair, is a spellbinding horror film that eschews the traditional three-act structure in favor of bold, unprecedented cinematic language and a deep fascination with its central character, Casey, who lives most of her life as a teenager in his bedroom, posting vlogs as part …

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Southwest, United and American Airlines Have a New Enemy: The Internet's Ugliest Site

Southwest, United and American Airlines Have a New Enemy: The Internet’s Ugliest Site

Getty Images I am constantly told that data is everything. I’m not entirely convinced. more Technically incorrect Sometimes evidence from my own eyes and life experience — subjective data, you might say — will always triumph over a spreadsheet, a chart, or a trumpeting startup founder. I wonder then what you might think of a …

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Southwest, United and American Airlines Have a New Enemy: The Internet's Ugliest Site

Southwest, United and American Airlines Have a New Enemy: The Internet’s Ugliest Site

Getty Images I am constantly told that data is everything. I’m not entirely convinced. more Technically incorrect Sometimes evidence from my own eyes and life experience — subjective data, you might say — will always triumph over a spreadsheet, a chart, or a trumpeting startup founder. I wonder then what you might think of a …

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21 Times Dylan O'Brien Proved He's Still The Internet's Boyfriend In 2022

21 Times Dylan O’Brien Proved He’s Still The Internet’s Boyfriend In 2022

You know Dylan O’Brien: Teen Wolf former student, maze runner resident internet star and boyfriend. From new movies to adorable interviews, 2022 has been a big year for Dylan! So, without further ado, here are 21 Dylan moments that made us fall even more in love this year: 1. First, when he kicked off 2022 …

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