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Reviews

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  Snake Eyes 1998

  

  Nick Newman

  When I was 16 I hated this movie for being dumb and annoying. Now that I'm a smarter, more sophisticated viewer I appreciate this movie for being dumb and annoying.

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  The Fabelmans 2022

  

  Nick Newman

  I talked to Tony Kushner about his ongoing Spielberg collaboration, casting Lynch, etc.

  I was a medieval studies major when I was in college and was fascinated — you can…

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  Exotica 1994

  

  Michael Snydel ★★★½

  "I'm not that boring, am I?"
  "Because I just met you, and I really like telling someone"

  Discussed on Episode 14 of Intermission with Jordan Raup.

  Here is what I…

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  Canyon Passage 1946

  

  Dan Mecca ★★★★★

  Hard to believe, but they used to make movies like this!

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  The Girl and the Spider 2021

  

  Michael Glover Smith ★★★★½

  The great thing about watching a movie where "nothing happens" -- at least when the filmmaking is this meticulous -- is that it can instantaneously destroy bad viewing habits and…

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  The Vanishing 1988

  

  Dan Mecca ★★★★★

  Hey! That’ll disturb me for the rest of my life!

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  Crimes of the Future 2022

  

  Nick Newman

  Supported by some dozen financial entities and blocks of co-producers but looks very cheap. Largely linear plot that remains vaguely inscrutable. Super-precise lens choices and anemic palette on every off-center…

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  Inland Empire 2006

  

  Nick Newman 2

  I talked to David Lynch.

  "The restoration was… kind of magical. But all of the things there try to be true to the original ideas that conjured the whole thing…