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Newsletter · By Daniel Montgomery · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Sep 5, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    ‘The Only Living Pickpocket in New York’ is an exemplary portrait of the big city: NYFF64 review (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    <img alt="John Turturro in The Only Living Pickpocket in New York" class="sizing-normal" height="4000" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!189J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    ‘Bitter Christmas’ is the study of a writer talking to himself: NYFF64 (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

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    <img alt="Leonardo Sbaraglia in Bitter Christmas" class="sizing-normal" height="819" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5Emg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99554ec7-b

  3. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    ‘Fatherland’ is a handsome but austere road trip through postwar Germany: NYFF64 review (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Hanns Zischler and Sandra Huller in Fatherland" class="sizing-normal" height="4885" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5-Lk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3

  4. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, and why neutrality is no longer an option on Palestine (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Macklemore" class="sizing-normal" height="837" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Lw4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff349524e-a354-4291-84a9-8e1e861db659_14

  5. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Solid crime drama ‘Paper Tiger’ confronts the American dream: NYFF64 review (opens the original)

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    <img alt="Adam Driver and Miles Teller in Paper Tiger at New York Film Festival" class="sizing-normal" height="900" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0Ri5!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2

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