The best "true-crime" movie of the 2010s, my favorite Elmore Leonard novels, even more A.I. reading, and more

Roundup 04/02/2023

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• A list of some of my favorite Elmore Leonard novels;

• a great 2015 “true-crime” movie that now seems shockingly prescient;

• a great, little-heard album produced by the late genius Ryuichi Sakamoto; and,

• for those still hungry for it, a handful more A.I. links.

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As always, we start with a dispatch from the future: