Jefferson Everest Crawford
@jecrawford.bsky.social
CCNY, FICTION Magazine, Filmmaker, Writer,
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CHRISTY bombs epically; Sydney Sweeney goes off the deep end…and I’m just thinking about Boxing cinema. For InRO: CHRISTY is bad.
Christy — David Michôd [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Christy, directed by David Michôd & released by Black Bear Pictures, for film review site In Review Online.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
CHRISTY bombs epically; Sydney Sweeney goes off the deep end…and I’m just thinking about Boxing cinema. For InRO: CHRISTY is bad.
Unlike LOST IN THE JUNGLE, which I thought diminished a good story via vapid form, LOVE+WAR is brilliantly visceral, often placing us directly in the hands of famed photojournalist Lyndsey Addario, and giving just enough context to shape our experience. I think it's their best film since FREE SOLO.
Love+War — Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Love+War, directed by Elizbeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, for film review site In Review Online.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Unlike LOST IN THE JUNGLE, which I thought diminished a good story via vapid form, LOVE+WAR is brilliantly visceral, often placing us directly in the hands of famed photojournalist Lyndsey Addario, and giving just enough context to shape our experience. I think it's their best film since FREE SOLO.
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In the 70s, the Uruguayan gov. banned Marcha & jailed its editors & members of a literary jury who awarded 1st prize to a story deemed "obscene and subversive" by the new regime. In solitary, FICTION published five of their stories in translation in 1976.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In the 70s, the Uruguayan gov. banned Marcha & jailed its editors & members of a literary jury who awarded 1st prize to a story deemed "obscene and subversive" by the new regime. In solitary, FICTION published five of their stories in translation in 1976.
More: www.fictioninc.com/back-issues/...
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The only complaint I have with Mr. Scorsese, a “film portrait” by Rebecca Miller, is that it is only five hours long.
Mr. Scorsese — Rebecca Miller [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Mr. Scorsese, directed by Rebecca Miller & released by Apple TV+, for film review site In Review Online.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The only complaint I have with Mr. Scorsese, a “film portrait” by Rebecca Miller, is that it is only five hours long.
For InRO (In Review Online) I've reviewed "Last Days," a new film by Justin Lin, director of five Fast & Furious movies, about an American missionary making contact with the people of North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal. I found it surprisingly interesting.
Last Days — Justin Lin [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Last Days, directed by Justin Lin & released by Vertical, for film review site In Review Online.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For InRO (In Review Online) I've reviewed "Last Days," a new film by Justin Lin, director of five Fast & Furious movies, about an American missionary making contact with the people of North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal. I found it surprisingly interesting.
The great Day-Lewis returns in refreshing glimpse of Gen-Z cinema
Anemone
The great Day-Lewis returns in refreshing glimpse of Gen-Z cinema
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October 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The great Day-Lewis returns in refreshing glimpse of Gen-Z cinema
“Eleanor the Great” has a straightforward sort of heartbeat all too often lacking in today's cinemas, that recalls bittersweet dramas of old, without any presumption of importance.
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Eleanor the Great
Scar Jo’s first is a simple, crowd-pleasing tear-jerker
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September 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Review of an americana-horror oddity starring Martin Freeman and two young stars—Jacob Tremblay and Julia Butters. Not especially frightening, but not terribly memorable either.
Review of an americana-horror oddity starring Martin Freeman and two young stars—Jacob Tremblay and Julia Butters. Not especially frightening, but not terribly memorable either.
Queen of Bones — Robert Budreau [Review] | In Review Online
A new film review of Queen of Bones, directed by Robert Budreau & released by Falling Forward Films, for film review site In Review Online.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
For In Review Online:
Review of an americana-horror oddity starring Martin Freeman and two young stars—Jacob Tremblay and Julia Butters. Not especially frightening, but not terribly memorable either.
Review of an americana-horror oddity starring Martin Freeman and two young stars—Jacob Tremblay and Julia Butters. Not especially frightening, but not terribly memorable either.
A little drama, a lot of humor, enough heart, and the “messiness” of life. A fun mid-budget flick with the aesthetics of an indie darling.
The Threesome
‘Indie darling’ is the new mid-budget throw-away
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September 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A little drama, a lot of humor, enough heart, and the “messiness” of life. A fun mid-budget flick with the aesthetics of an indie darling.
Splitsville takes a commendable crack at millennial middle brow, maybe coming close to being “Neon’s Grown Ups.” It certainly has more laughs than all these other faux indie “rom-coms.”
Splitsville or, State of the Rom-Com
The middle brow millenial recipe finally strikes the funny bone.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Splitsville takes a commendable crack at millennial middle brow, maybe coming close to being “Neon’s Grown Ups.” It certainly has more laughs than all these other faux indie “rom-coms.”
Ron Howard is always doing something surprising. Eden is a period piece collating the Nietzschean “will to power” philosophy and the delusional romanticism of capital that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany. But it is also a drama filled survival flick.
Ron Howard’s Survivor
on “Eden,” and the rot of Western Civilization
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August 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Ron Howard is always doing something surprising. Eden is a period piece collating the Nietzschean “will to power” philosophy and the delusional romanticism of capital that led to the rise of Nazism in Germany. But it is also a drama filled survival flick.