Articles by Vanessa Sanginiti

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  'Dying for Sex' Nails the Joys and Sorrows of Being Alive

  Created by Elizabeth Meriwether and Kim Rosenstock

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2025

  After receiving a life-changing diagnosis, people may think of all they missed out on — the countries they haven't visited, the food they...

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  'The Front Room' Scatelogically Squanders a Great Performance

  Directed by Max and Sam Eggers

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024

  This year has given audiences no shortage of messy, campy horror films with eccentric villains at their heart — from Nicolas Cage's creepy...

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  'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Is Yet Another Disappointing Legacy Sequel

  Directed by Tim Burton

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024

  Sequels and reboots and remakes, oh my! Audiences have been subjected to these kinds of films for years, but it feels more and more...

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  'Fly Me to the Moon' Doesn't Quite Achieve Liftoff

  Directed by Greg Berlanti

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2024

  Set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race, romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon highlights the efforts taken by NASA to ensure the Un...

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  'Sasquatch Sunset' Has Big Feet, Little Laughs

  Directed by David and Nathan Zellner

  PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2024

  Inspired by Sasquatch lore and the infamous 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film that has fascinated them since childhood, directors/brothers...

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  'Hey, Viktor!' Is a Satire with Heart

  Directed by Cody Lightning

  PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2024

  More than 20 years after the release of Smoke Signals, Chris Eyre’s 1998 film that changed cinema and its representation of Indigeneity...