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While his early films were about becoming human again, about using the fiction of cinema to make someone more real, his recent work has tacked in the opposite direction—intensifying alienation to such an extent that the human disappears.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
What about Guardiola at City and Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, clubs that have taken on their manager’s image to such an extent as to almost be indistinguishable.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
The irony here is that many in Washington have been openly fantasizing about how advanced AI systems could revolutionize military strategy and reshape geopolitics—to such an extent that this speculation has fueled a kind of arms race with China.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
At the same time, Orbán is an ideological ally to Trump, to such an extent that critics and supporters alike often compare each leader to the other.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
What about Guardiola at City and Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, clubs that have taken on their manager’s image to such an extent as to almost be indistinguishable.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
The irony here is that many in Washington have been openly fantasizing about how advanced AI systems could revolutionize military strategy and reshape geopolitics—to such an extent that this speculation has fueled a kind of arms race with China.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
At the same time, Orbán is an ideological ally to Trump, to such an extent that critics and supporters alike often compare each leader to the other.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 7 Nov. 2025
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