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Coleman Spilde

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Coleman Spilde is a senior culture writer and critic at Salon, covering film and its role in the broader human experience. Coleman’s work seeks to make sense of a chaotic world while highlighting the best and most important films of the present and past, the artists behind them and what we can learn from cinema — even when we think we’ve got it all figured out. 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 sipping a black coffee at the movies.

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“Public Access Afterworld” is a novel for the terminally online

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Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes in "You Can See Everything" (A24)

“You Can See Everything” leads 2026’s documentary revolution

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Alexander Skarsgård and Olivia Colman in "Wicker" (Black Bear Pictures)

“Wicker” is much more than its weird sex

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Amanda Seyfried (Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Amanda Seyfried is the “You Can See Everything” wild card

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Maria Bamford in "Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story" (Netflix)

In her achingly honest documentary, Maria Bamford comes full-circle

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Ken Russell's "The Devils" (Warner Bros. )

Clockwork’s “The Devils” rerelease reignites NC-17 passion

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Kirsten Dunst on the set of "Marie Antoinette" (Sofia Coppola)

“Making Marie Antoinette” is a tale of two Coppolas

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Elizabeth Holmes in "You Can See Everything" (A24)

“You Can See Everything” and the tragedy of Elizabeth Holmes

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Kate Berlant in her HBO comedy special "Parmesan" (Emilio Madrid/HBO)

Kate Berlant’s great American clown show

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Kelly Clarkson performs on the opening night of her Las Vegas residency, “Kelly Clarkson: Studio Sessions,” at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Live Nation Las Vegas)

Kelly Clarkson is nobody’s idol

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Julianne Moore in "The Debut" (Matt Infante/A24)

“The Debut” finds joy and fear in starting over

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Jeremy Strong in Columbia Pictures' "The Social Reckoning" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)

“The Social Reckoning” is the journalism thriller’s last stand

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Anne Hathaway as Verity Crawford and Josh Hartnett as Jeremy Crawford in "Verity" (Alisha Wetherill/Amazon MGM Studios)

Josh Hartnett turned heartthrob fame into a career of risks

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Tom Cruise in "Digger" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

There’s no solving a problem like Tom Cruise’s “Digger”

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A scene from "Promising Young Woman," left, and Cornell University's campus in Ithaca, N.Y. (Illustration by Salon / Focus Features / Getty Images / Barry Winiker)

The Cornell case puts “Promising Young Woman” back in focus

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Skyler Gisondo and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

Why Gen Z sees itself in “Primetime”

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Brad Pitt as James Belmont and Uber as Odin in "Heart of the Beast" (Paramount Pictures)

Brad Pitt’s comeback act has faltered

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Rooney Mara and Kate Mara in "Bucking Fastard" (Gateway to Orkney, New York Film Festival)

In Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard,” two can be as lonely as one

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Merritt Wever and Robert Pattinson in "Primetime" (A24)

“Primetime” isn’t Chris Hansen’s story — it’s ours

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Milla Jovovich in "Resident Evil," directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Rolf Konow/Sygma via Getty Images)

We got the original “Resident Evil” films all wrong

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"Naza" (JW Films/The Guardian)

“NAZA” could be the tipping point in the public perception of Gaza

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Sebastian Stan as Mihai Gheorghiu in "Fjord" (Neon)

“Fjord” tests whether we can ever stay objective

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Tom Cruise (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Tom Cruise wants the last word

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Sydney Sweeney (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/getty images)

Sydney Sweeney’s bombshell act masks a career with no endgame

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