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Marshall Shaffer

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Covers:  Film and entertainment, primarily new theatrical releases or festival coverage. Occasionally, I do interviews, features and event coverage.
Doesn't Cover: Entertainment news. Not interested in publishing your trailer, red carpet pictures, etc.
Freelance writer frequently seen on @slant_magazine, @decider, @theplaylistnews, and @crookedmarquee. We'll get along.

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Fosse/Fincher: An Unexpectedly Illuminating Auteurist Pairing

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By Marshall Shaffer 
| Crooked Marquee
“Can SONY market a ONE MAN SHOW (?)” wrote David Fincher in an email uncovered by the 2014 Sony hack, regarding his excitement about Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs script. “Can you guys make the LENNY of it all, the MUST SEE?” This reference to Bob Fosse’s 1974 film Lenny (whose restoration receives a spiffy 4K disc from the Criterion Collection this month) proves a revelatory window into Fincher’s mind. The late multihyphenate has seen his legacy on the upswing even beyond the Criterion canonization.
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‘Gentle Monster’ Review: Léa Seydoux Dazzles In Marie Kreutzer’s Domestic Drama For The Epstein Era [Cannes]

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By Marshall Shaffer 
| The Playlist
“Faces say so much, but only after you’ve looked at them for some time,” muses Laurence Rupp’s Philip Weiss as he hovers his camera over his wife, Léa Seydoux’s Lucy.
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By Marshall Shaffer 
| The Playlist
News, Reviews, Exclusive Interviews: The Best of The Playlist in your Inbox daily.
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