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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.

Inde Navarrette as Nikki and Michael Johnston as Bear in "Obsession" (Focus Features)

“Obsession” hasn’t earned classic status

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Matt Damon as Odysseus and Zendaya as Athena in "The Odyssey" (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal)

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is pointless

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Sam Neill In "In the Mouth of Madness" (New Line Cinema/Getty Images)

Sam Neill, king of the creature feature

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Cemre Paksoy in "Night Nurse" (Lidia Nikonova/IFC)

“Night Nurse” sexualizes the scam call

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Letterboxd (Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)

If Letterboxd sells out to Netflix, the people lose

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Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Otto, John Slattery as himself, Ben Wang as Caleb, Ken Marino as Vincent and Zoey Deutch as Gail Daughtry in "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” is absurdism done right

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"Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story" (HBO)

The sex ed icon who won’t go quietly

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Bonnie Tyler (Jakubaszek/Redferns/Getty Images)

Bonnie Tyler’s anthems will live forever

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Madonna (XNY/Star Max/GC Images/Getty Images)

Madonna’s irresistible contradictions

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Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton in "The Invite" (A24)

“The Invite” debunks heteronormativity

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John Travolta in "Blow Out" (Filmways Pctures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)

“Blow Out” exposes the real American way

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Armie Hammer in "Citizen Vigilante" (Courtesy of Axel Stock)

Of course, Elon Musk adores Armie Hammer’s terrible comeback film

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Angelina Jolie as Maxine Walker in "Couture" (Vertical Entertainment )

In “Couture,” Angelina Jolie rethinks aging onscreen

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Haley Joel Osment in "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Steven Spielberg’s “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” foretold our solitude

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Milly Alcock and Matthias Schoenaerts in "Supergirl" (Parisa Taghizadeh/Warner Bros. Pictures)

“Supergirl” proves Hollywood studios still don’t trust women superheroes

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A24 (A24)

Google’s investment in AI tools for A24 sparks backlash

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John Early in "Maddie's Secret" (Magnolia Pictures)

“Maddie’s Secret” is perfectly imperfect

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Woody and Buzz Lightyear in "Toy Story 5" (Pixar)

“Toy Story 5” can’t conquer tech

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Pride month hits different for some (nito100/Getty Images)

Pride Month makes me feel like an imposter

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Reed Birney and Kieron Moore in "Blue Film" (Obscured Releasing)

“Blue Film” is the gay indie that won’t let you look away

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Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor in "Disclosure Day" (Niko Tavernise/Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment)

“Disclosure Day” is Steven Spielberg’s last word for humanity

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Marlon Wayans as Shorty in "Scary Movie" (Paramount Pictures)

The cinema spoof will never die

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(Illustration by Salon / A24 / Bleeker Street Media / Warner Bros. Pictures / Music Box Films / Ad Vitam)

The best movies of the year (so far) are experiments in big-swing cinema

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"Cars on the Road" (Pixar/Disney)

How “Cars” ruined Pixar

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