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How Five Sci-Fi Movies From 1982 Shaped Our Present

“Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. At the end of Christian Nyby’s 1951 sci-fi chiller “The Thing from Another […]

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‘House of Gucci’ Review: Murder, Italian-Style

The kindest thing I can say about “House of Gucci” — and also the cruelest — is that it should have been an Italian movie. Set mostly in Milan, it spins out a sprawling, chaotic, borderline-operatic tale of family feuding, sexual jealousy and capitalist intrigue, with plenty of drinks, cigarettes and snacks (the carpaccio comes […]

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