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  "id": 2495963,
  "title": "Nearly a Century Later, Sci-Fi Western Film Serial ‘The Phantom Empire’ Still Feels Like the Future",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/nearly-a-century-later-sci-fi-western-film-serial-the-phantom-empire",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-22T03:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IndieWire",
    "slug": "indiewire",
    "url": "https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/the-phantom-empire-1935-film-serials-after-dark-1235212213/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cowboys, space queens, and the secret history of… everything? This black-and-white 1935 selection reflects just how long Hollywood has been playing with genre.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}