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 | 444 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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The Best Way to Watch RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
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My Top 10 Steven Spielberg Movies
I’m glad we’ve entered an era where Steven Spielberg has become something like the benevolent grandpa of mainstream Hollywood studio filmmaking. Real ones will know this was not always the case.
The work speaks for itself, of course, as an...
I Just Wanted to Write About ONE FINE MORNING
...and roughly the last year of my life
At some point late last summer, I was making small talk at a picnic where the conversation drifted, naturally, toward movies. A friend of a friend, whom I’d just met, began digging in beyond the stan...
We're Still Learning How Great POPSTAR Is
10 years later, I'll NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING
The Lonely Island’s Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (available to rent from various digital platforms) became a cult classic the second it tanked at the box office. But even the film’s most...
The Upstream: June 2026
Happy June! A reminder of some great Pride programming of years past? (As of now, there’s nothing slated for this theme in 2026, but these are two great lists!)
Perhaps you’re more interested to know what’s new on your favorite streaming s...
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