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Jan
17
Thin Grool

Thin Grool

The 2024 musical iteration of Mean Girls is broadly enjoyable, but in smoothing out the original’s edges it has mostly been left without a personality or purpose of its own.
7 min read
Jan
15
Fetch Club

Fetch Club

Mean Girls earned its pop culture memability with an exceedingly quotable script, but the meanness of its world rubs off on the movie in regretable ways.
6 min read
Jan
11
Music and Morality

Music and Morality

While Inside Llewyn Davis may seem an outlier in the Coen Brothers' filmography, its approach to music shows it well in keeping with the moral framework of their other movies.
7 min read
Jan
11
On Just Existing

On Just Existing

Cinema Purgatorio launches with a deep dive into Inside Llewyn Davis, and why its painfully relatable look at the creative life makes it my favorite film.
18 min read
Jan
08
Coming Attractions

Coming Attractions

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