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Midsommar movie review: välkommen to weird Ikea

Fri, Jul 05, 2019
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It’s hard to escape the sense that Ari Aster is getting off on Florence Pugh sobbing and screaming as he fetishizes her terror and torment. And none of it is in the pursuit of any meaning or message.

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Downsizing movie review: let’s get small (LFF 2017)

Wed, Dec 20, 2017
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Absolutely stupendous: smart, funny, poignant, a true original. A thrilling odyssey of ideas that takes its sci-fi concept to the very edges of extrapolation.

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curated: Ikea’s response to Balenciaga’s theft of its bag design

Wed, Apr 26, 2017
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Not what I expected.

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The Intern movie review: so much nice, so little help

Fri, Oct 02, 2015
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A nice movie about real problems people face in real life, and it deals with them in as sidelong a way as it possibly can, avoiding all strong emotion.

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London photo: Ikea Tottenham

Mon, May 04, 2015
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Just picking up a new Ark of the Covenant…

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Doctor Who thing: if Ikea sold a flatpack TARDIS…

Wed, Feb 19, 2014
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…it would come with instructions like these.

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evening clickbait: Harry Potter postage stamps; girls do too like sci-fi; symphony crowd gasps as JFK assassination announced; Gravity if it was shot in Ikea

Thu, Nov 14, 2013
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Stuff I found on the Net today.

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Doctor Who thing: Gallifreyan-style window shades

Mon, Sep 02, 2013
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Best thing about them? If you’re not clued in to where the design comes from, they still looks beautiful and graceful.

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Sun, Jun 23, 2013
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