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Film Review - Strange Darling

Film Review - Strange Darling

JT Mollner's twist-laden thriller features a tour-de-force performance from Willa Fitzgerald that papers over a nagging superficiality

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Sep 23, 2024
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Strange Darling opens with a caption informing us the film was shot entirely on 35mm. Twenty years ago, that would have been greeted with snorts of “well-duh”, given that 35mm was the standard format. However, because so many films are shot digitally today, it’s a mark of prestige. It’s doubly a mark of prestige for a low-bu…

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