Andrew Lapin
Stories
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A Lobotomist Struggles To Hang On In The Brilliant, Blistering 'The Mountain'
In Rick Alverson's most coherent film to date, Jeff Goldblum plays a lobotomist at a time when the procedure is falling out of fashion.
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Netflix Film Prods At Ted Bundy's 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile' Appeal
Zac Efron stars as the serial killer in a film that chooses not to linger on the lurid brutality of his crimes, but to explore the sinister charisma that made them possible.
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'Hail Satan?': Documentary Examines Protest Group That Bedevils Religious Conservatives
The film spotlights the Satanic Temple, an organization that stages wry publicity stunts to underscore the separation of church and state. The doc "makes for an electric modern theological debate."
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Victor Hugo's 'Hunchback Of Notre Dame' Immortalized French Cathedral
Hugo's novel tops Amazon's best-seller list in France, following Monday's fire that ravaged the cathedral. The 19th century story was a campaign to get the cathedral restored.
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How Notre Dame, 'Vast Symphony In Stone,' Weaves Its Way Through Parisian History
Victor Hugo wrote Notre Dame de Paris, or The Hunchback of Notre Dame, in the 19th century to draw attention to the cathedral, which had fallen into neglect and disrepair. It worked.