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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later
By Andy Crump
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The Rise of Prediction Culture

From sports to pop culture, Polymarket is changing how we engage with what happens next.

By Cool Material
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Italy From Home

How to stock your pantry, fridge, and bar cart like an Italian.

By Kaitlyn Rosati
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The Journey Collection Makes a Strong Case for Packing Less

The latest from Brixton is built for adventure.

By Cool Material
Clothing
Finding the Perfect Hat: The Main Styles Every Guy Should Know

Compared to most other accessories, hats a lot of variety when it comes to design, style, and function. A bracelet or pair of sunglasses, for example, seem to follow a pretty basic outline. But a hat can be anything you put on your head. And this is the beauty of…

By Brett Braley
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The Best Portable Fire Pits For Home and Camping

Most of the best summer memories I have from growing up in rural Pennslyvania happened around a fire pit. Whether it was roasting marshmallows, trying my first sip of beer, or sneaking away with my boyfriend when the embers were dying down, there’s something about a crackling fire on a…

By Brett Braley
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This New Islay Single Malt Is Aged In Tequila Barrels

Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. There’s no question as to what the Scotch whisky brand Smokehead is all about. They put it right there in the name. It’s owned by Ian Macleod Distillers, which…

By Nickolaus Hines
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Entertainment
Girls With Guns: An Appreciation of This Action-Packed Movie Genre

Action cinema’s “girls with guns” subgenre seems an unlikely source of prestige, going by name alone, and the bodies that arbitrate movies’ cultural value - the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for instance - seem to agree. Institutions like AMPAS rarely honor action films of any sort, save…

By Andy Crump
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6 Stouts and Porters That Are Made For Summer Drinking

Stouts (and porters) are the victim of a psychosomatic epidemic. Before people ever have one, they’re told a single pint will sit in their stomach like a brick or a loaf of bread or a full meal, and that the beer won't be as refreshing as a crisp lager or…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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