Lego Batman finds the funny in existential angst
THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE, IN which a character made of small plastic snap-together pieces captures delicate gradations of hubris and loneliness, are genius.
The Pacifist Gospel Of Civil War
Outside of Atlanta, a creaky white van weaved down a highway lined with abandoned cars. A helicopter sat in the parking lot of a charred JCPenney. Armed guards in military fatigues patrolled checkpoints. A death squad dumped corpses into a mass grave
