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How Do You Pin Down An Auteur As Evasive As David Fincher?
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Nicholas Russell
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Cold Comforts
‘Red Road’ Is A Revenge Story So Hot You Can’t Look Away
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Soraya Roberts
November 26, 2021
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Cold Comforts
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Soraya Roberts
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Defector At The Movies
This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas
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Barry Petchesky
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Defector At The Movies
‘Dune’ Has More To Offer Than Big Spectacle And Bigger Worms
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No More Beams
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Tom Ley
October 15, 2021
Defector At The Movies
The Muddy Ethics Of The Thai Cave Rescue Entertainment Machine
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Soraya Roberts
October 6, 2021
Cold Comforts
‘Dear Zachary’ Is A Greek Tragedy Come To Life
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Soraya Roberts
October 1, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘The Card Counter’ And The Sins Of A Nation
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Katherine Krueger
September 30, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Film Lost Melvin Van Peebles Just When It Needed Him Most
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Israel Daramola
September 29, 2021
Defector At The Movies
James Wan Just Wants You To Have As Much Dumb Fun As He’s Having
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Nicholas Russell
September 14, 2021
Defector At The Movies
At The Turtle Club In The Shadow Of 9/11
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Brian Feldman
September 9, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Let’s Remember Some Iconic Cinematic Hair Changes That Show The Passage Of Time
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Caitlin Schneider
July 30, 2021
Cold Comforts
The Bleak, Austere, Horny World Of ‘The Piano Teacher’
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Soraya Roberts
July 30, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Is A Hell Known Only To The Undead
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Chris Thompson
July 16, 2021
Defector At The Movies
All It Takes To Make A Half-Decent Marvel Movie Is For The Main Character To Be Dead
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Nicholas Russell
July 9, 2021
Cold Comforts
Watching ‘Touching The Void’ Should Qualify As An Extreme Sport
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Soraya Roberts
June 30, 2021
Defector At The Movies
If Porky Pig Attempts To Rap Anywhere Near Me I Will Turn Him Into Carnitas
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Chris Thompson
June 25, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘Mortal Kombat’ Should Have Had More Gore
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Rafi Schwartz
April 28, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘Collective’ Shows Why Newsrooms Will Always Matter More Than Newsletters
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Soraya Roberts
April 23, 2021
Defector At The Movies
‘The Way Back’ Is Right Where Ben Affleck Belongs
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Nicholas Russell
April 21, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Louise Linton’s ‘Me You Madness’ Is One Unpleasant Film
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Dan McQuade
March 17, 2021
Defector At The Movies
The Art World Has Bigger Enemies Than Forgers
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Kelsey McKinney
March 12, 2021
Defector At The Movies
Shaka King, Director Of ‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ Talks Radical Politics, How To Make Black Movie Stars, And The Black Excellence Industrial Complex
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Jason England
March 10, 2021
This Is So Stupid
The Film Of The Year Is ‘Best Of The Handforth Parish Council Planning & Environment Committee Thursday 10th December 2020’
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Tom Ley
February 5, 2021
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