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‘Skyfall,’ ‘Perks of Being a Wallflower’ Arrive on DVD, Blu-ray

Forrest Hartman

If time has proven anything, however, it’s that James Bond is resilient. The movie franchise celebrated its 50^th anniversary in 2012 with a massive Blu-ray boxed set and the theatrical release of “Skyfall,” a film that is arguably the best in series history. Directed by Sam Mendes (“American Beauty,” “Revolutionary Road”), “Skyfall” embraces Craig’s new reading of Bond while offering plenty of nods to the franchise’s iconic trappings.

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Indian Journalists Are on the Front Lines in the Fight Against Election Deepfakes

by Andrew Deck

While the current infrastructure for deepfake detection is being pressure tested in India right now, the reporting strategies being carved out by journalists during the election offer a preview into the challenges that lie ahead for other newsrooms around the world.

The Adventures of American Impressionist Tilden Daken

by Bonnie Portnoy

Born within months of one another in 1876, Jacl London in January and Tilden Daken in June, the painter and the writer, both 25 at the time, hit it off straight away. The westbound train was scheduled to arrive the following morning. That night, in the Reno railyard, London taught Tilden his rules of the road, the precarious practice of clinging to the brake beams inches above the track, or in the hobo vernacular, “riding the rods.”