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  1. the approval matrix
    The Approval Matrix: The Fault Is in Our LinesOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  2. the approval matrix
    The Approval Matrix: The Enemy of My People Is My FriendOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  3. best of new york
    The Best Upholstery Cleaners in New YorkIncluding one who can properly scour a horsehair-and-cashmere mattress.
  4. the approval matrix
    The Approval Matrix: No Thanks, Kathy!Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  5. unnatural disasters
    Corporate Greed Made the Change Healthcare Cyberattack WorseHackers have made it impossible for millions of patients to refill prescriptions or even schedule procedures by striking at a single company.
  6. the approval matrix
    The Approval Matrix: Stop RecyclingOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  7. greatness
    The Idea of Martin Scorsese’s Career Brought Me to TearsI was unexpectedly moved during a recent rewatch of Mean Streets — not by the content of the movie itself, but because of what I knew came next.
  8. the approval matrix
    The Approval Matrix: Fast Cars and Dork GogglesOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  9. the approval matrix
    The Approval Matrix: Do You Know Where Your Children Are?Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  10. the approval matrix
    Drama in Salt Lake and Under Eastern ParkwayOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  11. the approval matrix
    The 2023 Approval Matrix Year in ReviewOur deliberately oversimplified retrospective of the year that was.
  12. music
    Timothée Chalamet Is Hoarding Unreleased Bob Dylan SongsAnd I would like to hear them.
  13. the approval matrix
    Tommy Cutlets and the Disgruntled Oompa-LoompasOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  14. vulture lists
    Ranking Serpico’s ‘Weirdo’ OutfitsFifty years since the film’s release, the classic Pacino character is still a style icon.
  15. the approval matrix
    And the Most-Delayed Subway of 2023 Is …Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  16. the approval matrix
    Cher Believes in the Macy’s Thanksgiving ParadeOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  17. the approval matrix
    The One With an Impromptu Matthew Perry MemorialOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  18. the approval matrix
    It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like ChermasOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  19. the approval matrix
    We Enjoy All WeatherOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  20. environment
    Scenes From a Flooded New York Subway evacuations, school day chaos, a missing mayor, and at least one fugitive sea lion.
  21. vulture movie club
    Cellooo, It’s Time to Go Back to School of RockTwenty years later, one great rock show can still change the world.
  22. the approval matrix
    The Sun Sets on WFHOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  23. the approval matrix
    All of Us DoppelgangersOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  24. climate change
    What If Wind Turbines Got a Makeover?From Western New York to Ocean City, New Jersey, fights against wind farms often begin with how they look.
  25. the approval matrix
    End-of-Summertime SadnessOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  26. the approval matrix
    Good-bye, Incandescent BulbsOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  27. the approval matrix
    Heat Waves and Allan FeverOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  28. the approval matrix
    Sweaty, Stormy, Caffeinated, Coked-Up SummerOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  29. medicine
    The Two Words That Can Make Health Care a NightmarePrior authorization buries doctors in paperwork and delays care to patients, sometimes with disastrous results.
  30. the approval matrix
    Goats Up, Hamm DownOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  31. the approval matrix
    Where There’s Smoke, There’s Also Dead FishOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  32. the approval matrix
    Vengeful Orca Pod and Anna Delvey’s Pod…castOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  33. vulture recommends
    Revisiting Light Sleeper, Paul Schrader’s Beautiful Mood PieceFans of the director’s newer work will find themselves entranced by his 1992 cult classic.
  34. the approval matrix
    A Big Week for Swifties and Zelda Fans AlikeOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  35. the approval matrix
    Too Many CatsOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  36. the approval matrix
    BK Lobster, Rooftop Bees, and Our Rodent MayorOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  37. best of new york
    The Best Language Classes in New YorkLanguage classes for the conversationally fluent and the just-getting-started.
  38. the approval matrix
    The Revival of Sweeney Todd, Superiority Burger, and SpringOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  39. the approval matrix
    RIP to Dollar Slices and Mike Pence’s CareerOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  40. the approval matrix
    Ignore Saturn in Pisces, Go Donate BloodOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  41. the approval matrix
    The Owl, the Alligator, and the Balloon DogOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  42. the approval matrix
    RIP Stripper Web, Gawker 2.0, and Flamingo the PigeonOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  43. the approval matrix
    Demoralizing Layoffs and Plagiarizing RobotsOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  44. the approval matrix
    Coolidge Wins, Dr. Dre Disputes, and M3gan Takes OverOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  45. big tech
    Do You Have the Right to Repair Your Phone?A movement taking on the likes of Apple is winning a major battle for consumers.
  46. the approval matrix
    Funny Girls: The 2022 Year-End Approval MatrixOur guide to what was highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable in 2022.
  47. the approval matrix
    SBF Charged. Nip Slip, MILF Manor.Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  48. vulture recommends
    Getting Into the Holiday Spirit? Allow The Silent Partner to Rip It Away.A key entry in the Christmas-crime canon.
  49. the approval matrix
    Spotify Wrapped, Qatari Beer on TapOur guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.
  50. ‘talk!’
    My Coffee With Stanley KubrickIn 1964, a professor wrote to Kubrick about Dr. Strangelove’s structural “duplication of sexual intercourse.” He wrote back — and asked to meet.
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