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Chapter 1 is, by design, very reminiscent of the original movie, so how do the next two films deviate?
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
But the younger users coming of age on social media have encountered the world through an astonishing deluge of content in which life, mediated by narrative tropes, produces meaning that is legible by design.
—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The restaurant’s ambience is a far-cry from the back of the food truck — by design.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
And if such non-headlining performers as France’s Polo & Pan, Canada’s BadBadNotGood and South Africa’s Alice Phoebe Lou are not household names, that, too, is by design.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
Hamas’ extreme brutality on Oct. 7 sparked Israel’s overreaction, by design.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Pop music—the mesmeric choruses, the repetition, the propulsive beats—is mantra-like by design.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
Each of the suites feels more like a studio apartment by design and features bespoke Mexican artifacts, vintage objects, and furnishings selected by the brand’s design director, Roberto Ayala.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 2 May 2024
This is true for all of our movies by design, but with this one specifically, there is so much of the handmade personal touch that just runs throughout it.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
But the younger users coming of age on social media have encountered the world through an astonishing deluge of content in which life, mediated by narrative tropes, produces meaning that is legible by design.
—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024
The restaurant’s ambience is a far-cry from the back of the food truck — by design.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2024
And if such non-headlining performers as France’s Polo & Pan, Canada’s BadBadNotGood and South Africa’s Alice Phoebe Lou are not household names, that, too, is by design.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
Hamas’ extreme brutality on Oct. 7 sparked Israel’s overreaction, by design.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Pop music—the mesmeric choruses, the repetition, the propulsive beats—is mantra-like by design.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 3 May 2024
Each of the suites feels more like a studio apartment by design and features bespoke Mexican artifacts, vintage objects, and furnishings selected by the brand’s design director, Roberto Ayala.
—Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 2 May 2024
This is true for all of our movies by design, but with this one specifically, there is so much of the handmade personal touch that just runs throughout it.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
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