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First Reformed is a Heavy-handed Affair, But Its Strange, Lyrical Narrative Wins Out

It’s never ideal when a film has an agenda and then proceeds to beat viewers over the head with it. Recent message-heavy movies include the highly overrated, 2004 Oscar-winning drama Crash and its ham-fisted handling of race relations, the 2011 satire God Bless America and its commentary on pop culture consumption, and the 2012 animated ecological […]

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