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November 2023

Ridley Scott's Napoleon Complex
The epic biopic is good enough to make you wish it were great
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Michael Nordine
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Your Lucky Day Is a Fittingly Tragic Swan Song for Angus Cloud
The crime thriller verges on greatness, as does its gone-too-soon star
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Michael Nordine

October 2023

The Killer Is David Fincher's Best Movie Since The Social Network; Priscilla Is Kind of Like Elvis, Only Good
Fincher and Coppola unite and take over
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Michael Nordine
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This House Is Ours
The Others and Freaks are at home in the Criterion Collection
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Michael Nordine
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Killers of the Flower Moon Belongs to Lily Gladstone
Or it should, anyway.
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Michael Nordine
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Now I'm a Believer
The Exorcist: Believer isn't too vulgar a display of power
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Michael Nordine
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September 2023

Fantastic Fest Part the Second: The Creator, River, Concrete Utopia, Stopmotion, and Dream Scenario
The second of two dispatches from Austin.
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Michael Nordine
Fantastic Fest Part the First: Eileen, Saltburn, Tiger Stripes, Out of Darkness, and Falling Stars
The first of two dispatches from Austin.
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Michael Nordine
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July 2023

Talk to the Hand
I can take you to the best horror movie in years
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Michael Nordine
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The Discipline of Fire and Demise
Now I am become Michael, reviewer of Oppenheimer
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Michael Nordine
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You're really nice.
I actually want to go to Haunted House more than I want to go to Aqua.
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Michael Nordine
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