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Coleman Spilde is a senior staff culture writer and critic at Salon, specializing in film, television and music. He was previously a staff critic at The Daily Beast, and in addition to Salon, his work has appeared in Vulture, Slate, and his newsletter Top Shelf, Low Brow. He can be found at the movies.

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Charli xcx and Kate Berlant in "The Moment" (A24)

“The Moment” is Charli xcx’s disturbing sellout fantasy

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Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson in “Fargo,” 1996 (Gramercy Pictures/Getty Images)

“Fargo” at 30: How “Minnesota nice” endures amid violence and unrest

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Eugene Levy as Mitch Cohen and Catherine O'Hara as Mickey Crabbe in "A Mighty Wind" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

“A Mighty Wind” is Catherine O’Hara’s emotional tightrope act

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"Melania" (Amazon MGM Studios/Muse Films)

The “Melania” movie is empty, foul and worse than we imagined

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Amanda Seyfried as Nina Winchester in "The Housemaid" (Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate)

Amanda Seyfried’s “Housemaid” performance is a cinema-saving miracle

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Matt Damon as Lieutenant Dane Dumars and Ben Affleck as Det Sergeant J.D. Byrne in "The Rip" (Warrick Page/Netflix)

“The Rip” is a new low for Netflix’s mindless filmmaking

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Elle Fanning at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes on January 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Christopher Polk/2026GG/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Elle Fanning’s Oscar nomination still undersells her year

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Wunmi Mosaku as Annie in "Sinners" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

How the viewers changed the Oscar race

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Jodie Foster as Lilian Steiner in "A Private Life" (George Lechaptois)

“A Private Life” is Jodie Foster’s moving French masterpiece

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"Good Hang with Amy Poehler" (Paper Kite Productions/The Ringer)

The vital joy of Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang”

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Michael B. Jordan and Julia Roberts at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes held at The Beverly Hilton on January 11, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California. (Michael Buckner/2026GG/Penske Media via Getty Images)

The Golden Globes don’t care about film

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A woman speaks into a small microphone on the red carpet before the German Film Awards ceremony. The Lola is one of the most important awards in the industry. (Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Teeny tiny mics are ruining the red carpet

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Robyn (Marili Andre/Courtesy of Young Recordings)

Robyn reframes motherhood and desire

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Matt Damon as Odysseus in "The Odyssey" (Universal Pictures)

Will 2026 bring back the blockbuster?

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Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in "The Devil Wears Prada 2" (20th Century Studios)

Three sequels worth watching in 2026—and three to avoid at all costs

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Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie in "Heated Rivalry" (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)

Do women love “Heated Rivalry” too much?

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Kristen Stewart directs Imogen Poots in "The Chronology of Water" (Andrejs Strokins)

Movie stars want to direct. It’s not always a great idea

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Amanda Seyfried in "The Testament of Ann Lee" (Searchlight Pictures)

“The Testament of Ann Lee” shows us that utopia is possible

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Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser in "Marty Supreme" (A24)

What “Marty Supreme” loses in its quest to be the best

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Reginald Owen stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1938 motion picture "A Christmas Carol" (John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The timeless gift of Scrooge

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Gwyneth Paltrow in "Marty Supreme" (A24)

The patron saint of 2025 is . . . Gwyneth Paltrow?

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"Get me out of here" (Obbchao/Getty Images)

The real reason 2025 had us ready for the rapture

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(Photo illustration by Salon / Adult Swim / Netflix / ©Hyuganatsu, Imagica Infos / “The Apothecary Diaries” Project)

The most vital animation of 2025 that made life bearable

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(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Coleman Spilde / Lebazele / )

Not the last picture show: A small-town theater brings hope to the heartland

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