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From magical realism to dystopia: the women writers inspiring today’s must-watch TV series

Four of the most talked-about literary adaptations of the moment share one key trait: they were born from the imaginations of women. A Woman of Substance, The House of the Spirits, Like Water for Chocolate, and The Testaments have all recently...

WATCH: Something Special #90 – Matt Bernstein on AI art

Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something...

“Too beautiful to look at”: a decade of The Neon Demon

They stand statuesque under blazing red lamps, War of the Worlds tripods reconfigured to strike again, this time at the vanity of humanity. We’re perched on edge of the Trumpian abyss. His decade stretches before us like a clogged artery desperate...

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