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Marshall Shaffer

Marshall Shaffer’s interviews, reviews, and other commentary also appear regularly in Slashfilm, Decider, and Little White Lies.

Josh O’Connor on The Mastermind and Calibrating a Character’s Chaos

Interview: Josh O’Connor on ‘The Mastermind’ and Calibrating a Character’s Chaos

by Marshall Shaffer
October 16, 2025

O’Connor discusses how he came to understand America by immersing himself in an era.

Kelly Reichardt on The Mastermind and the Art of the Aftermath

Interview: Kelly Reichardt on ‘The Mastermind’ and the Art of the Aftermath

by Marshall Shaffer
October 16, 2025

Reichardt discusses the political climate of an era, collaborating with Josh O’Connor, and more.

Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident and the Sound of Violence

Interview: Jafar Panahi on ‘It Was Just an Accident’ and the Sound of Violence

by Marshall Shaffer
October 15, 2025

Panahi discusses the meaning of “accident” and how nothing can stop him from making movies.

Rose Byrne on If I Had Legs I’d Kick You and Building Her Mother of All Roles

Interview: Rose Byrne on ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ and Building Her Mother of All Roles

by Marshall Shaffer
October 9, 2025

Byrne discusses where she sees similarities between performing comedy and horror.

David Osit on Predators

Interview: David Osit on ‘Predators’ and Turning Law Enforcement into Entertainment

by Marshall Shaffer
September 18, 2025

Osit discusses To Catch a Predator, Chris Hansen’s thoughts on the documentary, and more.

The History of Sound

‘The History of Sound’ Review: A Soulful Portrait of a Romance Rooted in Love of Music

by Marshall Shaffer
September 11, 2025

The film movingly conjures the feeling of music’s creation of a suspended present tense.

Frankenstein

‘Frankenstein’ Review: Guillermo del Toro Shows the Thin Line Between Man and Monster

by Marshall Shaffer
September 9, 2025

Del Toro’s adaptation resonates most profoundly on a mythic, archetypal level.

Below the Clouds

‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s Mosaic of Life in the Shadow of Vesuvius

by Marshall Shaffer
September 9, 2025

The film leaves us with a haunting sense of life in Naples existing in a liminal state.

Late Fame

‘Late Fame’ Review: Kent Jones’s Amiable New York City Poet Drama Pulls Its Punches

by Marshall Shaffer
September 7, 2025

The film’s desire to resist easy storytelling paradigms is admirable, but only up to a point.

Cover-Up

‘Cover-Up’ Review: Laura Poitras’s Sweeping Tribute to the Power of Investigative Journalism

by Marshall Shaffer
September 6, 2025

The film attests to a craft’s enduring importance at a time when resources for it have declined.

Jay Kelly

‘Jay Kelly’ Review: Noah Baumbach’s Schmaltzy Tribute to an Old-Fashioned Movie Star

by Marshall Shaffer
September 5, 2025

Jay Kelly represents the moment when Baumbach has gone fully soft.

Duse

‘Duse’ Review: Pietro Marcello’s Biopic Is a Trenchant Study of Art’s Role in a Fascist State

by Marshall Shaffer
September 3, 2025

For Marcello, the only responsible art in times of need is a responsive art.

Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney on Twinless and Living in Liminal Spaces

Interview: Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney on ‘Twinless’ and Living in Liminal Spaces

by Marshall Shaffer
August 31, 2025

The duo provide fascinating insight into how they understand the relationship between twins.

Landmarks

‘Landmarks’ Review: Lucrecia Martel’s Sobering Investigation of an Indigenous Leader’s Murder

by Marshall Shaffer
August 31, 2025

The film is less a portrait of one martyred man than a mosaic of a resistant community.

A Little Prayer

‘A Little Prayer’ Review: Angus MacLachlan’s Family Drama Takes Us There (to North Carolina)

by Marshall Shaffer
August 24, 2025

The film patiently illustrates how places imprint themselves upon us and guide our actions.

Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin on the Visual Comedy Gold of Splitsville

Interview: Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin on the Visual Comedy Gold of ‘Splitsville’

by Marshall Shaffer
August 21, 2025

Covino and Marvin discuss balancing visual and verbal humor, shooting on film, and more.

Splitsville

‘Splitsville’ Review: Love Hurts in Michael Angelo Covino’s Rom-Com About Open Relationships

by Marshall Shaffer
August 18, 2025

Splitsville proves that Covino’s The Climb was no fluke.

Alex Russell on Lurker and Its Journey of Fandom and Friendship

Interview: Alex Russell on ‘Lurker’ and Its Portrait of Fandom and Friendship

by Marshall Shaffer
August 17, 2025

Russell discusses how he updated The King of Comedy for today’s world of fans and stans.

Michael Shanks on Together and the Horrors of Codependency

Interview: Michael Shanks on ‘Together’ and the Horrors of Codependency

by Marshall Shaffer
July 29, 2025

Shanks discusses Together’s bodily contortions and what the ending means to him.

Charles Burnett on the Legacy of Killer of Sheep

Interview: Charles Burnett on the Long and Complicated History of ‘Killer of Sheep’

by Marshall Shaffer
July 25, 2025

Burnett discusses why it remains so important to show Black life as it is.

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