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Isaac Feldberg

@isaacfeldberg

🎙 Pop culture critic, editor, absolute darling. Here, I’ll share reviews, commentary, and who knows what else. Just don’t expect many smooth transiti-

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@isaacfeldberg · 3:32
David Fincher will tease "something special" for Netflix tomorrow

A look at ‘The Killer,’ footage from ‘Love, Death, and Robots," or - gasp - more ‘Mindhunter’?

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@isaacfeldberg · 4:59
‘Scream’ reboot gets a surprisingly satisfying first trailer

Which you can catch up with here: https://youtu.be/LtrbgB9lhzo

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@isaacfeldberg · 4:53
Yes, Timothée Chalamet is ‘Wonka’

Paul King’s reimagining of the chocolate factory entrepreneur is filming.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
Box-Office Report: ‘No Time to Die’ at no 1 as moviegoers slowly head back to theaters

Box office grosses are still down, but the new Bond outing performed admirably.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
‘Detention’ a ghost story set in Taiwan’s White Terror period

My full review of ‘Detention,’ out now: https://s.swell.life/SSlXfaS5gQpjvl7

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@isaacfeldberg · 4:45
‘Mass’ is a four-way dramatic powerhouse that goes to deeply painful places

My interview with ‘Mass’ director Fran Kranz out of Sundance: https://s.swell.life/SSlTXzbMjkRX9n3

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
‘The Rescue’ is a thrilling but ethically dubious documentary about the Thai cave rescue

Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasarhelyi made an exciting, dramatized doc about this rescue, but was it their story to tell?

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
‘No Time to Die’ an entertaining if half-cocked swan song for Daniel Craig’s James Bond

In staging Craig’s finale ‘No Time to Die’ as the biggest Bond ever, the filmmakers deliver a 007 outing that buckles under its own weight.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 3:21
A24’s ‘Lamb’ is as weird as promised

Is this director merely indulging a sick sense of humor or hewing closer to earnest family drama?

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
NYFF: "Benedetta" draws the ire of the Catholic League

Paul Verhoeven’s profane, profound thriller set within the Catholic church did not sit well with New York’s less secular side.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 3:57
NYFF opens with "The Tragedy of Macbeth"

In which Frances McDormand answers a call on her flip-phone.

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@isaacfeldberg · 3:51
Review: ‘Cam’ a rich, psychosexual thriller set online, about a camgirl’s struggle to regain agency

This Netflix horror is a mesmerizing treatise on voyeurism, agency, and digital fracture.

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@isaacfeldberg · 4:52
Dan Stevens: a tribute to a chameleon, and a true movie star

Since leaving ‘Downton Abbey,’ Stevens has emerged as a truly versatile talent. My essay for Paste Magazine: https://bit.ly/2XHvwKx

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:31
2021: The year of the movie musical, or proof they mostly don’t work?

Between Sia’s ‘Music’ and Stephen Chbosky’s ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ what is going ON with movie musicals this year?

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:59
‘Kate’ review: How many ‘John Wick’ knock-offs will we be punished with?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s new actioner ‘Kate’ is more inferior product.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
Interview: St. Vincent talks "The Nowhere Inn"

For RogerEbert.com, I spoke to Annie Clark about her rock star alter ego St. Vincent and her new mockumentary.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
Review: "The Nowhere Inn" skewers the artifice of musician documentaries (Part 1)

St. Vincent and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein join forces for a vertiginous excoriation of celebrity image-making, out this week on VOD.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:59
Looking for zombie thrills on Netflix? "Ladronas de Almas," "Atlantics," and "It Comes at Night" have you covered

A trio of zombie horror recs for those hankering for a little more undead action on streaming. https://bit.ly/3nCLnFm

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:54
"The Bodyguard" remake is moving forward, but do we need one?

How can you recapture the magic of that 1992 original without Whitney Houston?

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 3:41
Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Songs of All Time list just got a refresh. Discuss!

What are the most exciting and egregious exclusions and inclusions on this naturally biased list?

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:59
Review: "The Alpinist" struggles to keep up with climber Marc-André Leclerc

One of the most accomplished alpinists in the world gets a suitably vertigo-inducing doc. My full review: https://bit.ly/3zeDGr7

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:15
James Wan’s "Malignant" is a new, triumphantly messy vision of terror

The architect of "Saw," "The Conjuring," and "Insidious" is back with a massive, cuckoo-bananas horror inspired by Frank Henelotter and Italian gialli

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 4:59
Looking back at Italian giallo horror

The aestheticized, textural excess of Italian horror continues to influence filmmakers today. Here’s where to start.

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Isaac Feldberg
@isaacfeldberg · 5:00
Pitchfork Fest: St. Vincent gives a grand headlining show on Day 2

The guitar goddess tore through a high-energy leading slot at Pitchfork Fest on Saturday.

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