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    Kill List

    by Brian Eggert

    The folk horror series on DFR’s Patreon continues with this appreciation of Ben Wheatley’s 2011 cult classic.

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    The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

    A love letter to New York City, and a reminder that John Turturro has an incomparable screen presence.

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    The Cycle

    Shudder’s latest is an inspired blend of forensic murder mystery and creature feature.

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    NAZA

    Guest critic David Hill reviews the harrowing new documentary.

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    Wild Horse Nine

    Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich do some of their best work in writer-director Martin McDonagh’s latest.

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    Whalefall

    The movie’s reliance on convenient flashbacks to solve each problem is so predictable and uninspired that it undermines this promising thriller.

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    You Can See Everything

    A riveting, maddeningly evasive film that experiments with the boundaries of documentary.

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The Wicker Man (1973)

This tribute to the 1973 classic kicks off DFR’s Patreon-exclusive series on British folk horror in October.

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