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Marshall Shaffer

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Marshall Shaffer is a New York-based freelance film journalist. His work has appeared on Slashfilm, Slant, Decider, Little White Lies, Vague Visages and many other outlets.

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We Are All Strangers (2026) B+ EDIT “Over 157 minutes, Chen gives himself plenty of opportunities to reveal the subtle yet sudden ways in which change creeps in, influencing how everyday people perceive their place in the world.” – The Playlist Feb 19, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 52% C EDIT “"How to Make a Killing" vacillates wildly between mockery and moralizing as Beckett’s spree illuminates the capricious carelessness of wealth.” – The Playlist Feb 18, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 84% B EDIT “"Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die" arrives in American theaters at just the right moment with its defiant refusal to blindly follow humanity into a new era of surrender to technology.” – The Playlist Feb 12, 2026 Full Review The History of Concrete (2026) 100% A- EDIT “Though Wilson’s voice takes up the most real estate in the film, he’s magnanimous in ceding the floor to those he encounters along the circuitous route to revelation – and draws clear inspiration from them along the way.” – The Playlist Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Chasing Summer (2026) 70% B+ EDIT “The defiant, deliberate Shlesinger refuses to let "Chasing Summer" fall into any expected patterns. The narrative vacillates just as the always plainspoken and newly free-spirited Jamie does.” – The Playlist Feb 12, 2026 Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 100% B EDIT “Segan laments a bygone bustling past, speaks to an uncertain present, and points to New York’s eternal beacon of hope to tease the promise of future renewal.” – The Playlist Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025) 96% 3/4 EDIT “The film offers a joyous throwback to the optimistic feeling of the early internet creator era.” – Slant Magazine Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “Beth de Araújo’s sophomore feature is a harrowing chronicle of a premature maturation.” – Slant Magazine Feb 3, 2026 Full Review Leviticus (2026) 95% 3/4 EDIT “As star-crossed lovers resolve to battle their demons rather than surrender, this at times intensely creepy horror tale reveals itself to also be a potent and poignant teen romance.” – Slant Magazine Jan 31, 2026 Full Review I Want Your Sex (2026) 88% 2/4 EDIT “The film gets too caught up in concern trolling about the sexual timidity of today’s youth.” – Slant Magazine Jan 30, 2026 Full Review See You When I See You (2026) 71% C+ EDIT “There’s a good movie about therapy and PTSD inside Jay Duplass’ "See You When I See You." The trouble is, it’s buried in a so-so family ensemble film about shared grief and recovery.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) 74% C+ EDIT “Even the most hair-brained of Wain’s films have some quality elements, but it’s nevertheless a slight disappointment to see a luminary operating at the lower end of his power and promise.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Invite (2026) 91% C EDIT “For all the belabored artistry of this choppily cut enterprise, little in "The Invite" actually moves. It’s potential energy, unconvincingly trying to pass itself off as kinetic.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Frank & Louis (2026) 92% C+ EDIT “Volpe spends a lot of time circling the obvious in both character dynamics and narrative direction. When coupled with the generally reserved tonality, a certain sluggishness sets in once the film’s basic trajectory becomes evident.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Union County (2026) 97% B+ EDIT “In place of sensationalized story beats or pathologized characterization, Meeks’ screenplay stitches together mundane moments with an eye toward minutiae and procedure.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Shitheads (2026) 71% B EDIT “By the time The Shitheads arrives at its ultimate destination, the whole enterprise might feel like it’s hanging on by a string. But that string is the heartstring.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Incomer (2026) 91% B EDIT “Paxton makes explicit that this is a story about making decisions from an outlook that favors hope over fear. And, at least for the duration of the film, he creates an imaginary universe where such a choice feels both logical and lovable.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% D- EDIT “Let this film with no bite serve as rock bottom for the IP era.” – The Playlist Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) 100% EDIT “Mr. Nobody Against Putin provides an invaluable look at daily life under Putin’s Russia. ” – Decider Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 23% D EDIT “But the screenplay is an otherwise calamitous creation that demonstrates more than just a lack of Brooks’ previous genius. It stands in complete disregard for the most basic principles of screenwriting.” – The Playlist Dec 11, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 94% 4/4 EDIT “Marty Supreme rapturously reprises a siren song that transcends any single American era, beckoning hustlers to heed its call.” – Slant Magazine Dec 1, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 76% B+ EDIT “This level of thoughtful, intricate design never pulls focus from the main love stories. It only serves to enhance the experience of watching "Eternity" move toward its inevitable culmination.” – The Playlist Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Keeper (2025) 49% C- EDIT “"Keeper" feels like sketches of a concept intimating at a grand idea that never fully coalesces into anything of substance.” – The Playlist Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Left-Handed Girl (2025) 98% 3/4 EDIT “In a young girl’s face is all of Left-Handed Girl, as Nina Ye, like Shih-Ching Tsou behind the camera, translates the immensity of this sprawling saga into immediate, intimate detail.” – Slant Magazine Nov 13, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% C+ EDIT “"The Running Man” settles for being good when, if the topline talent had leaned into their fortes, it could have been truly great.” – The Playlist Nov 12, 2025 Full Review
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