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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

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The Golf Round That Built a Bourbon Empire
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music
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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now
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Your One-Bag Weekend Getaway Packing Guide

Cover all the bases with versatile selections for your EDC, your outdoor kit, and some R&R afterwards.

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What We're Buying
Bring the Soundtrack With You This Summer

The best outdoor portable speakers for beach trips, lake weekends, backyard hangs, and every adventure that calls for a little music.

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The Anti-Algorithm Guide to Discovering New Music

Streaming made music infinite. Which made discovery harder. Here’s how we’re finding our way back.

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The Color Combos I’m Wearing a Lot Right Now

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Feeling the Burn

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The Handsome Fan’s Style Guide to the NBA Finals

The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle
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The Best Wheated Bourbons That Aren’t Pappy Van Winkle

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Hypershell X Review: The Future of Hiking Has Legs

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The Story You’ll Tell When Someone Compliments Your Shirt

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G-SHOCK’s 10-Year Pursuit of Perfection: The Fine Metallic Series Delivers Unseen Innovation

50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50
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50 Books Every Man Should Read Before He’s 50

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The Best New Gear From Nike This Week

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150 Years of Bulova: The Watch Documentary You Didn’t Know You Needed

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I Went Down a Nixon Watch Rabbit Hole. Here Are the 4 Most Surprising Details I Found

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Google Clips Automatically Takes Pictures for You

It's one of the cruelest rules of photography. You want to capture something spontaneous filled with real emotion but the second you take out your camera or phone that realness evaporates. You're left with awkward smiles and poses. Google wants to change that with Clips. Clips is a camera, but…

By Mike Newman
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James Jannard of Red Cameras Lives in a Bond Lair

James Jannard is the founder of Oakley and Red Digital Cinema Camera Company, an owner of multiple islands and now, the proud inhabitant of his very own Bond lair in the Trousdale section of Beverly Hills. Working with the firm iDGroup, this brutalist citadel was constructed with exposed concrete and…

By Cooper Fleishman
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East Coast Defender Project KSD

If you're not familiar with East Coast Defender, you don't read Cool Material too often. We're kinda fanboys. That's why we're more than a little excited about their latest build, Project KSD. The handcrafted Malibu Edition Defender 110 marks an exciting new chapter in the ECD story. That's because Project KSD is the…

By Mike Newman
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9 Pairs of Better Underwear

No matter what kind of man you are, we’d be willing to bet that of all the style pieces you own, the one you probably give the least consideration to is your underwear. We’re guilty of it ourselves. When we need new undies, we typically default to the age-old classics…

By Maxwell Barna
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The Insta360 Pro Camera Lets You Capture Google Street View Shots

If you're anything like us, Google is the first you turn to when you need information, and that's especially true when trying to get directions somewhere you've never been. Now that the Insta360 Pro Camera is Street View certified as part of the Street View ready program so you can…

By Cooper Fleishman
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