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David Sims’s Culture Picks: <em>Andor</em>, <em>Jane Eyre</em>, and Jessie Buckley

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Good morning, and welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained.

Today, our special guest is the staff writer , who reviewed this weekend’s big theatrical release , it is “fueled by intricate world-building, stunningly designed sets and costumes, and an interest in the geopolitical implications of superheroism that’s far more nuanced than most Marvel movies allow.” He also the director James Gray, whose new autobiographical film, , “reckons with the venal politics” of the 1980s, which Gray “perceives as a warning bell for our

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