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The Powerful Films of the L.A. Rebellion

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. In the nineteen-seventies, U.C.L.A.’s Ethno-Communications program,…

Perfume sales propel L’Oréal to 4% growth in Q1

French cosmetics giant L’Oréal announced on Thursday, April 17, a 4.4% increase in sales to 11.73 billion euros (13.34 billion US dollars) in the first quarter, despite a “more difficult than expected” market in the United States, amid inflation and…

“A Minecraft Movie” Is a Tale of Two Cinematic Universes

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I’ve never played Minecraft in my life—but then I’m not a Christian, either, and have always delighted in the distinctly Mormon cinematic universe of Jared Hess, the director of “A Minecraft…

What Pauline Kael Failed to See About Young Film Lovers

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Pauline Kael’s most famous work for The New Yorker, her celebrated review of “Bonnie and Clyde,” from October, 1967, was the second piece she ever wrote for the magazine. The first,…

Will A.I. Save the News?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I am a forty-five-year-old journalist who, for many years, didn’t read the news. In high school, I knew about events like the O. J. Simpson trial and the Oklahoma City bombing, but…

LVMH sales dip as Trump tariffs dent luxury tastes

Luxury giant LVMH saw sales fall two percent to 20.3 billion euros (USD 23 billion) in the first quarter of 2025 as US President Donald Trump’s tariffs shook the global economy, the company said on Monday. Sales in the Perfumes…