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Nicholas Russell

Reap What You Sow

By Nicholas Russell
May 15, 2023
Watch it grow: the final entry in Paul Schrader’s “lonely man” trilogy is less about race than it is about broad-strokes ideas of freedom

Unlimited Resources

By Nicholas Russell
November 21, 2022
Industrial strength: the new mega-sequel struggles with both the loss of its predecessor’s leading man and the roteness that afflicts any entry in the self-perpetuating Marvel Cinematic Universe

Review: The Northman

By Nicholas Russell
April 18, 2022
Beast mode: Robert Eggers's latest, blood-spattered epic runs a grand Viking myth through the meat grinder of earthly existence

Review: Candyman

By Nicholas Russell
August 30, 2021
Say my name: Nia DaCosta’s reimagining of the ’90s horror classic takes itself too seriously to be much fun

Close Reading: Beanpole

By Nicholas Russell
October 8, 2019
The pain of kindness: our first NYFF Critics Academy dispatch takes a look at Kantemir Balagov’s wartime drama