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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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See You When I See You (2026) 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) 73% 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) 90% 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) 85% 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) 100% 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) 57% 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) 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) 22% 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) 93% 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) 77% 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) 53% 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 Christy (2025) 67% 2/4 EDIT “Christy lulls us into complacency by deviating little from the standard inspirational sports-movie playbook. ” – Slant Magazine Nov 2, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% 3.5/4 EDIT “Lynne Ramsay unleashes her most galaxy-brained concepts with a full-bodied commitment that should be the envy of filmmakers with similar ambitions.” – Slant Magazine Oct 18, 2025 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 70% 2.5/4 EDIT “The film movingly conjures the feeling of music’s creation of a suspended present tense.” – Slant Magazine Sep 11, 2025 Full Review 100 Nights of Hero (2025) 68% B EDIT “"Watching this adaptation is like getting caught up inside a storybook drama designed for adults, maintaining a mythic quality while harnessing the complexities of reality."” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% A- EDIT “Take out a thesaurus for any overused critical buzzword about political cinema – timely, urgent, necessary – and they all fail to capture the shattering impact of Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab.”” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% B EDIT “"There’s something immensely pleasurable in watching a consummate craftsman once again connect form and content."” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% A- EDIT “"Bigelow’s film pinpoints a terrifying tragedy lurking unspoken in today’s world order: whether citizens place their trust in people or procedures, neither can be counted on to prevent mass destruction."” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 87% B EDIT “"Fastvold and co-writer Brady Corbet use yet another esoteric cultural and historical thread to examine American values. This X-ray reveals the knotty contradictions of a country’s ideological framework."” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Father Mother Sister Brother (2025) 81% B EDIT “"It’s not particularly enjoyable to watch or consider in retrospect. And yet, it’s capable of stirring deep, profound sadness in its simplicity."” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025) 49% C EDIT “"Law’s take on the Russian leader feels both real and mysterious — two features that the film otherwise struggles to corral across its unwieldy runtime."” – The Playlist Sep 10, 2025 Full Review
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