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An Insider’s Guide to the Oslo of 'The Worst Person in the World'

An Insider’s Guide to the Oslo of 'The Worst Person in the World'

Keith Phipps

The Barcode? Video Nova? The Oslo-based editor and film critic Karsten Meinich unlocks some references you might have missed in Joachim Trier's latest

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In Review: 'Kimi,' 'Marry Me'

In Review: 'Kimi,' 'Marry Me'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

What do a brilliant shut-in trying to solve a crime, a pop star, and a math teacher have in common? They're all characters in two pretty good new movies.

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'Prom Night' Forever: The Death and Life of the Slasher Cycle

'Prom Night' Forever: The Death and Life of the Slasher Cycle

Scott Tobias

Separated by seven years, 'Prom Night' and 'Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II' reveal how horror trends mutate but never really die.

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Minding the Gaps: 'Cherry 2000' (1987)

Minding the Gaps: 'Cherry 2000' (1987)

Keith Phipps

What if Melanie Griffith starred in a satirical post-apocalyptic action film about a lonely man and a sexy robot and nobody noticed until years later?

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In Review: 'The Worst Person in the World,' 'Jackass Forever'

In Review: 'The Worst Person in the World,' 'Jackass Forever'

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

Norwegian director Joachim Trier ends his Oslo Trilogy with an incisive tale of generational drift, and the Jackass boys (with some new additions) are back in town.

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Hidden Truths: How two school shooting dramas imagine traumas we cannot see

Hidden Truths: How two school shooting dramas imagine traumas we cannot see

Scott Tobias

Two independent films from last year, 'The Fallout' and 'Mass,' square up to a hard conversation.

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