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The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...

Elijah van der Fluit is a writer for The Hollywood Insider based in California with aspirations to write and direct films for a professional career. In his spare time, Elijah enjoys watching and ...