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Primetime (2026)

Primetime (2026)

Primetime opens with a fantastic, voyeuristic sequence in which a 20-something man (Tony Revolori) shows up at a suburban house to hook up with a 13-year-old girl he met...

Linda
Normal (2026)

Normal (2026)

If Normal were an old-school Western, Bob Odenkirk’s Sheriff Ulysses would ride into town twirling his gun, eyes squinting as the locals watched him through clouds of dust and...

Linda
Crime 101 (2026)

Crime 101 (2026)

Crime 101’s Los Angeles is one of contrasts. From the gorgeous, slowly turning opening shot of the city at night, we see a world of white billionaires collecting art...

Linda
Mercy (2026)

Mercy (2026)

Let’s be honest here: a court system run by artificial intelligence doesn’t seem too far off. It’s easy to imagine AI companies approaching the legal system, pitching the benefits...

Linda
Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone sweat in a movie as much as poor Colin Farrell in Ballad of a Small Player. Whether it’s from the constant, shirt-soaking...

Linda
Spenser for Hire: The Complete Series (1985-1987)

Spenser for Hire: The Complete Series (1985-1987)

Spenser for Hire is an ’80s TV staple that I remember fondly, if not well. It seems like it was always on, but can I recall a single plot...

Linda
One Battle After Another (2025)

One Battle After Another (2025)

Expecting a wacky comedy from the trailers, I was genuinely shocked by the chilling opening scene of One Battle After Another: a visceral sequence of revolutionaries violently breaking into...

Linda
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)

If your French-isms are a little rusty like mine, it may or may not help to know that “folie à deux” translates to “the presence of the same or...

Linda
The Bikeriders (2023)

The Bikeriders (2024)

I love the idea that writer-director Jeff Nichols was so transfixed by a book of 1960s counterculture photojournalism that he was inspired to bring the photos back to life...

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Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Lou (Kristen Stewart) is bored at her literally shitty job, stuck cleaning clogged toilets yet again at the gym she manages. The place reeks of sweat and self-absorption, where...

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The Staircase (2022)

The Staircase (2022)

You can never accuse Toni Collette of not bringing it to every performance. We learn in the opening scene of the 8-part true-crime drama The Staircase that Collette’s Kathleen...

Linda
The Outfit

The Outfit (2022)

In the intro scene of The Outfit, a tailor (no, a “cutter,” as he prefers to be called), talks us through the art of designing, cutting, and tailoring a...

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