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But more specifically, Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem pinpoints how pervasively violence against women is a part of civilization’s moral decay. And it’s Lupita Nyong’o’s dual performance as twin sisters Helen (of Troy) and Clytemnestra, queens of their city-states and victims of their husbands, that clarify the way women are bartered, owned, and abused. Nolan is not always the best at writing female characters, but here, he taps into an elemental anger that Nyong’o brings to exquisitely painful life.

In March, Jesse Coren and Andrew Spelman, co-founders of the digital music-promotion agency Chaotic Good Projects, gave a live interview to a Billboard reporter at South by Southwest in which they breezily described using sock-puppet accounts to manufacture enthusiasm for artists at every level of the music industry, from major-label pop stars to niche indie acts. Spelman called the practice “trend simulation.” His motto: “Everything on the internet is fake.”

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Almost a decade ago, James Gunn expressed an interest in making a movie based on a comic book about adorable little animals who were experimented on and tortured. This weekend, Gunn released Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which features adorable little animals who were experimented on and tortured. But back in 2014, Gunn wasn’t talking about Rocket Raccoon and the other critter victims of the MCU’s latest supervillain, the High Evolutionary. Instead, Gunn was talking about a three-issue series from 2004 called We3.

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Hyun-su (Lee Sun-kyun), the male half of the married couple at the center of the devious horror comedy Sleep, suffers from a seriously disturbing case of somnambulism. But he otherwise enjoys the blissful slumber typically reserved for holy innocents. He drifts off easily and sleeps deeply, even when encased in the mummy bag and oven gloves meant to prevent him from unconsciously hurting himself. Sometimes, there’s even a hint of a smile on his dozing face, which starts to seem like more and more like an affront to his wife, Soo-jin (Jung Yu-mi), when she stays up watching him with a mixture of concern and fear. You can be in lockstep in every other area of your relationship, and still, sleep remains a kingdom that can only be entered alone. And when there, Hyun-su has a tendency to do upsetting things he has no memory of later, like stare into the darkness while muttering “Someone’s inside” or stand in front of the fridge eating raw meat. One night, he scratches his cheek until it’s gouged open, and that’s before the situation gets really dark — like, don’t get too attached to the pair’s little Pomeranian dark. Sleep is a film about parasomnia that’s really more about marriage — in particular, the idea that any relationship challenge can be overcome with enough dedication, even one that leaves you afraid that your partner is going to unwittingly do something terrible to your newborn daughter…

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