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Review of The Tinder Swindler (2022)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 02 Feb 2022

It is short, snappy and succinct…

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Review of Munich - The Edge of War (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 20 Jan 2022

It’s not a stretch to expect that a film about the infamous Munich Conference to be a ripe bundle of nerves and apprehension…

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Review of Sex Appeal (2022)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 11 Jan 2022

Instead of ever actually showing sex, Osteen skirts around the issue by offering up campy, G-rated, fantastical sex-metaphors…

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Review of Rumble (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 16 Dec 2021

It is not fair to assume that every film is going to stray from the beaten path; many are much better off if they don’t…

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Review of The Lost Daughter (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 15 Dec 2021

Gyllenhaal’s extraordinary direction, paired with exceptional performances from The Lost Daughter’s lead actresses, culminate in a perfect…

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Review of A Castle for Christmas (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Dec 2021

In its unapologetic leaning into tropes, stellar casting, idyllic locations and occasional venturing off of the beaten path, A Castle for Christmas…

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Review of Agnes (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 09 Dec 2021

The nun horror subgenre is a particularly difficult one to master because it is so overdone, and it inherently engages with so many ambitious…

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Review of Silent Night (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 02 Dec 2021

Even with effective individual scenes, Silent Night fails to launch; it sets out to deceive its audience, but only really ends up deceiving itself…

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Review of Licorice Pizza (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 01 Dec 2021

Licorice Pizza is more than just a movie…

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Review of tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 24 Nov 2021

A film jam-packed with melancholy, powerhouse performances, and told with a somber, realistic storytelling structure that is at first jarring…

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Review of Red Notice (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 15 Nov 2021

What wants to be a James-Bond-derivative blockbuster ends up being more like The Hitman’s Bodyguard, an unintentional pastiche with somehow…

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Review of Spencer (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 03 Nov 2021

For all its flaws, the film interrogates the limits of a biopic…

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Review of Last Night in Soho (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 28 Oct 2021

Last Night in Soho culminates as a chic and dynamic expression of Edgar Wright at the height of his powers…

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Review of Bergman Island (2021)

By Aurora Amidon (74) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 14 Oct 2021

What begins as a straightforward story of two artists creating different projects ultimately turns into Hansen-Løve’s strongest argument…

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