Новости за 26.01.2017

This week, Tim and Will discuss M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, which is probably his best movie in 15 years and undeniably his first big hit in a while. The surprise twist of this podcast is that there is no twist ending: It turns out everything happened in Philadelphia, there was some sort of supernatural element, and Shyamalan makes a cameo. Afterward, Grierson talks about his time in Park City, Utah, where he is in town for the two-weeks of the Sundance Film Festival. It is sort of cold.

My copy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four has cardboard covers. Front and back, the book is decorated with cheesy reproduced paintings. Big Brother wears an evil goatee and eye makeup. A red helicopter buzzes under the “Four.” The illustrations look childish because I have somehow held onto a book that was assigned to me when I was about thirteen. The inside front cover has a sticker where schoolchildren in years past have written their names.

The Affordable Care Act is under existential threat. Millions stand to lose their health insurance. The setbacks for Obamacare supporters could be severe; the consequences of those setbacks could amount to a humanitarian crisis.