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Boy Movies #51

Boy Movies #51

Nicholas Russell on The Killer

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Nov 14, 2023
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This is Boy Movies, a newsletter about movies for boys and everyone else, written by me, Allison Picurro. You won’t be hearing from me in today’s issue, but you’re getting something EVEN BETTER: a dispatch from Nicholas Russell, noted friend of the newsletter and friend to me in my life. The other day, Nicholas pitched me a piece on The Killer, the latest film from David Fincher (Fincher February is a state of mind and will not be constrained by the limitations of the calendar year), which I gave him the enthusiastic go-ahead to write before either of us had even seen the movie, mostly because I was confident that he would bring the party. And he did! I am on record as being a huge fan of Nicholas’s writing, but I especially love this piece and I know you will too. Enjoy!

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