lens

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I see flashes of modern neo-noirs like Paul Schrader’s “The Canyons,” and the cold but still realistic otherworldliness in David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers” and “The Shrouds,” filtered through a silly, gay “Single White Female’ lens.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

In Florstadt, automated procedures coexist with manual handling at fixed workstations, such as preparing a single contact lens ordered by an optician for a specific patient for further shipping.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Seen through this lens, contemporary phenomena that appear baffling begin to make sense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

"The fact that it was a human behind that lens made that picture so much more profound and changed the way we thought of our own home," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

I turn my phone camera lens toward me and see that Ruby’s right.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish