Articles by Dave Jaffer

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  Snowpiercer

  Bong Joon-ho

  PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2014

  Dystopian fictions are parables, basically. They necessarily take place in the future so that their themes resonate more strongly. They're...

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  Words and Pictures

  Fred Schepisi

  PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2014

  A team underachieves and the coach gets fired; parents ignore their children and teachers get blamed for subpar results in the classroom. S...

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  Stress Position

  A.J. Bond

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2014

  Consider how we use the word "torture" in everyday conversations. That bad first date: torture. That meeting: torture. Waiting in that long...

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  Dom Hemingway

  Richard Shepard

  PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2014

  We all know a Dom Hemingway, a cocky, contrary, self-aggrandizing, foul-mouthed drunken fuckup who somehow possesses enough charm to half p...

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  Divergent

  Neil Burger

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2014

  The appeal of the coming-of-age narrative seems obvious: young people see themselves in them because said narratives are usually populated...