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Plus: A24 gets greedy, South Park’s staying power, Avengers never-Endgame, girl groups return, and some recommended reads and datasets.
Measuring the box-office impact of movie trailers and the cultural value that numbers can’t quite capture.
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A beautiful novel that deserves its accolades, but still misses something big
