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Anaïs in Love
(2021)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Anaïs in Love" is about a complex character with real problems who is trying to figure herself out, albeit with strong neuroses leading the way.
Posted May 15, 2022
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The Long Walk
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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In this slow burn sci-fi ghost story, an old man learns the hard way that unprocessed trauma and regret only ever lead to self-destruction.
Posted Mar 09, 2022
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Promising Young Woman
(2020)
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Lindsay Pugh
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While I appreciated certain aspects of this highly stylized revenge tale, I ultimately found that it didn't have anything particularly interesting to say.
Posted Dec 15, 2020
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Mouthpiece
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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I can't believe more people aren't talking about Mouthpiece, one of the best, most creative films that I've seen in years.
Posted Sep 30, 2020
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Atlantics
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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In her stunning first feature, Atlantics, director Mati Diop has a knack for embracing the quiet and letting important moments breathe.
Posted Feb 03, 2020
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Bull
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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In Bull, we have two characters -- Abe and Kris -- who've been dealt a shitty hand and find an unlikely connection through related maladies.
Posted Jan 24, 2020
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Without a doubt, this is my favorite film of the year. Céline Sciamma perfectly captures the slow magic of falling in love for the first time.
Posted Dec 14, 2019
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Anbessa
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Anbessa made me remember what it's like to be 10 years old: still imaginative and innocent but teetering on the edge of more sophisticated awareness.
Posted Nov 29, 2019
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Always Shine
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Be prepared to deal with the wrath of a female friendship gone wrong. Always Shine is laden with so much tension that I felt the strong urge to take a Xanax while watching.
Posted Oct 25, 2019
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Braid
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Have you ever done too many psychedelics and experienced ego death? This movie is like that, although a little less terrifying. I can't wait to see what Mitzi Peirone does next.
Posted Oct 02, 2019
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Romantic Comedy
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Elizabeth Sankey explores the idealized, white-washed, heteronormative love fantasies that romantic comedies have been perpetuating since the dawn of cinema.
Posted Jul 21, 2019
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Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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If you want a reminder that misogyny is alive and well, this is the documentary for you. It actually ends on a bright note, but the road there is brutal
Posted Jul 18, 2019
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South Mountain
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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South Mountain is a beautiful meditation on loss, forgiveness, and self-discovery. What does life look like when the most important people begin to leave?
Posted Jul 14, 2019
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A Colony
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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What I liked most about A Colony is that Dulude-De Celles doesn't spoonfeed us information; instead, she lets facial expressions and small gestures do most of the talking.
Posted Jul 13, 2019
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The Baby-Sitters Club
(1995)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Watch BSC after you've exhausted the 90's nostalgia subreddit but still haven't gotten your fill of payphones, floral overalls, or Letters to Cleo.
Posted Jun 13, 2019
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The Garden Left Behind
(2019)
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Lindsay Pugh
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The Garden Left Behind makes empathizing with Tina (Guevara) easy because it provides a multi-faceted look at her life - her passions, desires, hardships, and triumphs.
Posted Mar 26, 2019
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Nancy
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Nancy is a film about identity and the events in our lives that make us who we are. If you thought you loved Andrea Riseborough in Mandy, just wait.
Posted Feb 17, 2019
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The Holiday
(2006)
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Lindsay Pugh
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If you're looking for a "good" movie, I don't recommend this one, but if you want something fun that you can still understand after vaping all afternoon, "The Holiday" is perfect.
Posted Dec 23, 2018
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Clara's Ghost
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Based on the trailer for "Clara's Ghost," I figured I would either love it or hate it, and spoiler alert: I loved it. It is delightfully weird.
Posted Dec 07, 2018
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The Ranger
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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When a groups of punks take refuge from the law in a cabin in the woods, all hell breaks loose. "The Ranger" is a great debut feature from Jenn Wexler.
Posted Dec 07, 2018
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Mr. Soul!
(2018)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Mr. SOUL!" is unapologetically Black, feminist, and queer. The more you learn about the show and its enigmatic host/creator, Ellis Haizlip, the stranger and cooler it is.
Posted Dec 07, 2018
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Sweetie
(1989)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Sweetie" is a film about people who can't cope with their emotions ... who don't know how to let each other in and will likely never figure it out. It is not an easy watch.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Dissolution
(2010)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Loosely based on Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Nina Menkes' "Dissolution" is the type of film you'll think about months after you've seen it.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Enough Said
(2013)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Enough Said" is a dynamite romcom. There isn't an onscreen couple with better, more realistic chemistry than James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Certain Women
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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To write this film off as a simple story about 3 women in Montana would be doing it a huge disservice. It might be quiet, but its ideas are not.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Fits
(2015)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"The Fits" isn't perfect, but it's a great example of what can be done on a small budget with a solid cast and crew. A must-watch for any aspiring filmmaker.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Things to Come
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Hopeful or depressing, depending on your outlook. The script is brilliant, and successfully weaves in many philosophical concepts without getting lost in minutiae.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Love Witch
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"The Love Witch" is one part Alejandro Jodorowsky, one part Elvira, with a smattering of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (aka my twelve-year-old fantasy come to life).
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Big
(1988)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Oh, this movie. It's not sad, but it makes me tear up every single time without fail. It's delightfully 80s and Tom Hanks is an adorable heartbreaker.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Orlando
(1992)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Despite my misgivings about book-to-film adaptations, Sally Potter's "Orlando" impressed the hell out of me. It's opulent, cheeky, and fun as hell. Woolf would be proud.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Piano
(1993)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"The Piano" is dark, Gothic romance at its best. It's a quiet, intensely emotional film, where everything is depressing and beautiful at the same time.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Forest for the Trees
(2003)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Maren Ade's HFF thesis is proof that a powerful, worthwhile film can be made on zero budget when the director and actors are talented enough.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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A New Leaf
(1971)
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Lindsay Pugh
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I watched this movie on a flight back from San Francisco and was laughing so hard that I'm pretty sure my surly teenage seatmate wanted to kill me.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Trouble Every Day
(2001)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Trouble Every Day" is a horror film that works outside the typical genre conventions while constantly referencing films from the canon.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Wanda
(1970)
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Lindsay Pugh
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When "Wanda" premiered, Pauline Kael (and many other US critics) called it a mundane piece of garbage. But they were wrong ... it's a feminist masterpiece.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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It's Complicated
(2009)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"It's Complicated" is worth watching for many reasons, but mostly for the scene where Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, and Meryl Streep get stoned and dance to The Beach Boys.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Everyone Else
(2009)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Everyone Else" is probably the best film about a disintegrating relationship I've ever seen. Ade has a real knack for visually representing deep emotions.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Edge of Seventeen
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"The Edge of Seventeen" is the most cringe-inducing parts of high school encapsulated in 98 minutes of runtime. Oh, and Woody Harrelson is in it!
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Raw
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Clear your mind, eat a weed gummie, and trust Ducournau to take you on a bloody journey through one young woman's adolescent hellscape. It's fun! Trust me.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Prevenge
(2016)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Prevenge" is a misanthropic black comedy that Alice Lowe wrote, directed, and starred in while she was 7 months pregnant ... like a total badass.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Fat Girl
(2001)
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Lindsay Pugh
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I first saw this movie when I was 13 years old and it made me want to take a vow of celibacy. It is brutal and if seen at a formative age, inescapable.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Pariah
(2011)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Pariah" is a beautiful, sensitive debut, described by the cinematographer, Bradford Young as "a world and a film colored with glitter and pain."
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Second Mother
(2015)
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Lindsay Pugh
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The ending kind of ruined this film for me, but I still recommend watching. Regina Casé shines as Val and the rest of the cast is similarly superb.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Sweet Bean
(2015)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Soft, gentle, and kind ... until it knocks you down on the ground and guts you like a fish. Despite what some may say, "Sweet Bean" is far from saccharine schlock.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Step
(2017)
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Lindsay Pugh
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Do you want to feel good about the world? Like even though Trump is in power, all hope is not lost? Watch this movie and let the girl power magic wash over you.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Lemon
(2017)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"Lemon" is one of the funniest, most delightfully strange movies I've seen in the past ten years. I can't wait to see what Janicza Bravo does next.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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American Psycho
(2000)
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Lindsay Pugh
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When you're a white, rich man in American, you can get away with anything. Murder and rape? Go ahead! Commit at will because the world is your oyster.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Innocence
(2004)
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Lindsay Pugh
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If David Lynch and Ingmar Bergman had ever collaborated, it might look something like Lucile Hadihalilović's breathtakingly beautiful "Innocence."
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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The Invitation
(2015)
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Lindsay Pugh
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I really wanted to like this film, but it never came together for me. The character motivations made little sense and the twist at the end had zero payoff.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
(2014)
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Lindsay Pugh
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"A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" is one of the most beautiful vampire films I've ever seen and an incredible debut feature for Ana Lily Amirpour.
Posted Oct 24, 2018
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