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Marshall Shaffer’s True/False 2022 Diary
Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer’s True/False 2022 Diary

Mar 7th, 2022
Our dispatch from the beloved documentary film festival (and, not incidentally, the last one before COVID).
Sundance 2022: Satellite (Screens) of Love
Marshall Shaffer

Sundance 2022: Satellite (Screens) of Love

Feb 1st, 2022
Sundance may have cancelled its Park City presence, but our correspondent “attended” the festival via one of its several satellite screens.
Marshall Shaffer's Venice Film Festival 2021 Diary
Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer's Venice Film Festival 2021 Diary

Sep 14th, 2021
Our first dispatch from the Venice Film Festival, with looks at the Golden Lion-winning “Happening,” the winking satire “Official...
Why Young Actors Are Addicted to Addiction Movies
Marshall Shaffer

Why Young Actors Are Addicted to Addiction Movies

Mar 10th, 2021
With “Cherry,” Tom Holland joins the ranks of heartthrobs who try to prove their Serious Actor mettle by dropping their baby fat and cranking up...
Bifurcating Bahrani: A Defense of the Filmmaker’s Moral Dramas
Marshall Shaffer

Bifurcating Bahrani: A Defense of the Filmmaker’s Moral Dramas

Feb 23rd, 2021
The filmmaker’s first two features join the Criterion Collection this week, but two of his later films have been dismissed as lesser efforts. Not...
Thoughts on a Biden-Era Cinema
Marshall Shaffer

Thoughts on a Biden-Era Cinema

Jan 20th, 2021
As the new president takes the oath, we wonder: what films indicated the kind of leader America would look for in this new era?
<i>Miss Congeniality</i> at 20: Still Sandra Bullock’s Crowning Glory
Marshall Shaffer

Miss Congeniality at 20: Still Sandra Bullock’s Crowning Glory

Dec 21st, 2020
When ‘Miss Congeniality’ hit theaters 20 years ago, it was marketed as a broad, goofy, makeover comedy. But there’s much more happening under...
The Box Office Has Never Moved Past August 13, 2010
Marshall Shaffer

The Box Office Has Never Moved Past August 13, 2010

Aug 11th, 2020
You probably are not giving much thought to either The Expendables, an Avengers-style roundup of action stars with AARP cards, or Eat Pray Love, a...
How Greta Gerwig’s <i>Little Women</i> Rejects A False Cinematic Choice
Marshall Shaffer

How Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Rejects A False Cinematic Choice

Apr 6th, 2020
“Jo, captivated, watches type being set,” observes Greta Gerwig of her protagonist in the final pages of her screenplay for Little Women. It’s...
Review: <i>Run This Town</i>
Marshall Shaffer

Review: Run This Town

Mar 3rd, 2020
Ricky Tollman’s Run This Town begins in a bout of stylistic frenzy that defines the ambitions, if not the overall tone, of his film quite well. A...
Marshall Shaffer Says Don't Forget: <i>Los Reyes</i>
Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer Says Don't Forget: Los Reyes

Dec 23rd, 2019
The year had no shortage of talking animal movies — and might have even hit a nadir with the atrocious Lion King remake where Disney asked us to...
Marshall Shaffer Says Don't Forget: <i>Jawline</i>
Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer Says Don't Forget: Jawline

Dec 23rd, 2019
Influencer culture is derided at worst, misunderstood at best in 2019. Thankfully there are filmmakers like Liza Mandelup out there documenting it...
Review: <i>Feast of the Epiphany</i>
Marshall Shaffer

Review: Feast of the Epiphany

Dec 4th, 2019
When I heard that Feast of the Epiphany, the inaugural feature film from the publication Reverse Shot, melded documentary and fiction, I assumed it...
Review: <i>Queen of Hearts</i>
Marshall Shaffer

Review: Queen of Hearts

Nov 19th, 2019
Society tends not to bat an eyelid at intergenerational relationships so long as the elder member of the pairing is a man. Even as unease mounts...
Review: <i>Temblores</i>
Marshall Shaffer

Review: Temblores

Nov 17th, 2019
In Guatemalan writer/director Jayro Bustamante’s feature debut, Ixcanul (2016), the filmmaker shone a light on how an indigenous community around...
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