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Still from Barbenheimer , 2023, 294 min. © Universal / Warner Bros

Still from Barbenheimer, 2023, 294 min

The Barbenheimer

Hidden within the meme-cyclone portmanteau and our gendered expectations is one fabulous film and another – spoiler – that totally bombs.

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Wes Anderson on the set of Asteroid City, 2023. Courtesy: Focus Features. Photo: Roger Do Minh / Pop. 87 Productions

The Evergreen Pleasures of Wes Anderson

While his latest debut at Cannes, Asteroid City (2023) unspools a predictable plot with a familiar cast, the film’s stylistic precision reminds Nolan Kelly not to take a one-of-kind auteur for granted.

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View of “Intertwined,” New Museum, New York, 2023. Courtesy: the artist and New Museum. Photo: Dario Lasagni

View of “Intertwined,” New Museum, New York, 2023. Courtesy: the artist and New Museum. Photo: Dario Lasagni

At the Cost of Ambiguity

The largest-ever retrospective of a living artist at the New Museum, New York charts Wangechi Mutu’s turn from the material resonance of found-object collages to the easy symbolic iterations of bronze sculpture.

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Fourtnight Battlepass perform at Rash NYE, 2023. Photo: Nolan Kelly Mitchell

Fourtnight Battlepass perform at Rash NYE, 2023. Photo: Nolan Kelly

Comfort Noise

Minutes to midnight, Nolan Kelly wonders if hyperpop is a nostalgic rehash of too-recent hits, or a consolation for a culture exhausted by novelty-seeking?

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Still from  Memoria . Courtesy: Kick the Machine, etc.

Still from Memoria. Courtesy: Kick the Machine, etc.

WHAT I WATCHED THIS SUMMER

Some movies are only worth seeing in theaters if you don’t have to pay for a ticket. Others merit repeated viewings. Here are Nolan Kelly’s tips on what to watch and how to watch it.

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Cinema de la Plage, one of the only festival areas open to the public. All photos: Nolan Kelly.

Cinema de la Plage, one of the only festival areas open to the public. All photos: Nolan Kelly.

7PM IN CANNES

The glamor of the Cannes Film Festival feels impenetrable to most mortals. But what if it’s not? What if you just had to learn how to fake your way in? By Nolan Kelly