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    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

    by Brian Eggert

    Jane Schoenbrun’s latest film, about how our relationship with movies can lead to a sexual awakening, is one of the year’s best.

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    It Ends

    Neon’s latest is a Twilight Zone-esque journey on a road to nowhere.

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    The Magic Faraway Tree

    A well-meaning, candy-colored family adventure that’s too generic to be memorable.

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    The End of Oak Street

    DFR’s review of this deliriously entertaining new movie is exclusive to Patreon.

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    Tony

    Matt Johnson’s second film this year is a well-acted origin story of Anthony Bourdain’s love of cooking.

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    The Wrong Girls

    Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat headline this amusing stoner comedy that boasts a few laughs but never becomes an all-timer.

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    SOULM8TE

    DFR’s review of this M3GAN sidequel is exclusive to Patreon subscribers. 

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This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Rob Reiner’s mockumentary remains one of the all-time funniest movies ever made.

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