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  “Elvis” Is a Wikipedia Entry Directed by Baz Luhrmann

  The New Yorker - Richard Brody

  The Presley bio-pic, told from the perspective of his satanic manager, is garish yet cold and distant. A good-enough story can withstand more or less any direction, and that’s the extent of the artistic success that Baz Luhrmann achieves with “Elvis.” The rise of a Memphis truck driver to a …

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  A Film Produced by Martin Scorsese Looks at the Catholic Church’s Treatment of the L.G.B.T.Q. Community

  The New Yorker - Paul Elie

  The filmmaker and Father James Martin discuss “Building a Bridge” and the Church they both grew up in. In the nineteen-fifties, Ravenhall, a salt-water swimming pool in Brooklyn’s Coney Island, was a destination for summer day trippers from the sweltering city, including Martin Scorsese’s family and …

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  Why Do Conservatives Love Hungary’s Viktor Orbán?

  The New Yorker - With David Remnick

  Tucker Carlson said Orbán provided a “signpost” for the U.S. Our reporter explores the American right’s admiration for the leader’s anti-democratic, authoritarian measures. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You …

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  Lesser-Known ’Ships

  The New Yorker - Olivia de Recat

  Some unconventional arrangements, founded on loyalty, nostalgia, shared streaming subscriptions, and horniness. This is drawn from “Drawn Together: Illustrated True Love Stories.”

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  23 hours ago

  Daily Cartoon: Monday, June 27th

  The New Yorker - Jeremy Nguyen

  Picnic: a feast for the senses. Buy New Yorker Cartoons »

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  Women Declare Themselves Corporations to Force Supreme Court to Grant Them Rights as People

  The New Yorker - Andy Borowitz

  Attorneys across the nation indicated that they have been swamped by requests from clients seeking to incorporate as soon as possible. WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Millions of American women and girls have declared themselves corporations in order to force the United States Supreme Court to …