Marshall and the Movies
Marshall ShafferFilm critic Marshall Shaffer talks you through the movies you should watch, twice a week.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 438 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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A Report from NYC's Cinematic Underground
I style myself as someone who likes to support independent cinema, but I’ll be the first to admit that I can settle for drawing the line at flashy projects backed by private equity and deep-pocketed investors like the types who bankroll A24...
The Downstream: May 2026
It’s almost Memorial Day weekend in the United States, so as a gentle reminder: you should be watching The Best Years of Our Lives 👇
If you live in New York City, you have a very special opportunity to see it on the big screen at the Pari...
How to Read a Movie
Watching MAY DECEMBER with screenplay in hand
It’s been 15 years since Academy voters awarded an original screenplay that wasn’t also penned by the director. Writers have noticed. Best Original Screenplay should not just be a consolation p...
Cannes I Kick It? (Yes, You Can)
Greetings from … home! But like many cinephiles, I’m glued to the news coming out of the Cannes Film Festival, whose competition gets underway today in the south of France. We may be just two months removed from the last Oscars, but there’s...
Rose Byrne Is the Best Actress in BRIDESMAIDS
Setting the record straight as the comedy turns 15
“I think horror and comedy have a similar technical aspect of timing—that weird needle to thread,” Rose Byrne told me last year about her genre-defying (and Golden Globe-winning!) performa...
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