The New Literalism Plaguing Today’s Biggest Movies Buzzy films from “Anora” to “The Substance” are undone by a relentless signposting of meaning and intent.

"Everything must be easy to follow & to understand, simple enough to recognize and categorize... art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content."
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