Josh Wardle designed one of the most popular word games of our time. Now he wants to mainstream one of the most difficult ones.

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Notes on baking at the South Pole.

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Idrissa Ouédraogo’s first feature, now streaming, is a tense drama of romance amid politics and a striking advance in cinematic form.