Is big Hollywood back? ‘Spider-Man’ smashes box office records

Plus, a third-generation Hollywood VFX artist on practical effects in an age of AI, why you have fewer rights at an airport, Colorado River cuts, and KCRW DJ LUXXURY’s summer spins.

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