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Nadine Whitney

@nadinewhitney.bsky.social

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Freelance film critic. RT approved 🍅 OFCS. GALECA. AWFJ. AFCA. GOLDEN GLOBES. Other places too. Bad at self promotion and self control. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critics/nadine-whitney/movies?critic=self

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 2h

What about “Dark academia vibes”?

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 1d

Many genres have gothic variations. Gothic noir like Laura, In a Lonely Place. Colonial gothic like The Nightingale, Under Capricorn. Literary gothic like Jamaica Inn, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre.
Southern Gothic.

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 1d

Suspiria, A Banquet, Nightmare Alley (both), Earwig, Sunset Boulevard, Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte, Baby Jane, Fire Walk With Me, Messiah of Evil, Vampyr, Carnival of Souls, Angel Heart, The Addiction, Near Dark, Wise Blood, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Innocence…

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve got a massive amount. The gothic is an elastic term. Think of The Innocents, The Others, The Uninvited, The Changeling, Lady Macbeth, The Piano, Eyes Without a Face, Diabolique, The Reflecting Skin, Franklyn, Byzantium, Night of the Hunter…

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 1d

When they’re starting at the rotary phone!

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pretty special, Trav. I didn’t get a chance to fangirl over LOVELESS, NEAR DARK, and STRANGE DAYS but I really wanted to.

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 2d

Kathryn Bigelow alert 🚨

Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 2d

A stellar deep dive into the Venice smash hit and major awards player A House of Dynamite: @nadinewhitney.bsky.social speaks with Kathryn Bigelow, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Clarke, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, and Noah Oppenheim for @thecurb.com.au:

Inside a House of Dynamite - The Curb | Film and Culture

Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite tracks the response to an unattributed nuclear warhead that is destined to land on an American city. The film moves in three terrifying segments replaying the sam...

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Andy! I can’t believe I got to speak with Kathryn GODDESS OF FIRE Bigelow!

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 2d

Entrancing episode. Almost makes me want to watch and wonder at the misshapen beast.

Favourite line: You can see why he was cast as Gilderoy Lockhart.

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 2d

Aaah, people. Why are they?

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 3d

That I do!

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 3d

I been done seen that one!

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 4d

Woot!

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, lovely. The whole affair was as insubstantial as the “coyotes” on the attack.

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 5d

I also did not dig it.

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Movie Review: ‘Coyotes’ is a Bit of a Dog’s Dinner | InSession Film

COYOTES is a bit of a dog’s dinner.

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 5d

COYOTES is a movie that struggles to be what it promised and without the true throughline of satire to give the film teeth the comedy is primarily goofy, the drama tedious, and the horror… unfortunately too artificial.

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Movie Review: ‘Coyotes’ is a Bit of a Dog’s Dinner | InSession Film

COYOTES is a bit of a dog’s dinner.

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 6d

Hmmm. Some, shall we say, challenging choices.

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 6d

Uh…

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 6d

Good Boy is a brilliant horror film that provides an elemental and emphatic experience of empathy with its canine protagonist.

My review for @thecurb.com.au

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MonsterFest: Good Boy is Best in Show of Doggy Horror - The Curb | Film and Culture

Many of us have heard stories of domestic animals and their uncanny perceptions. The cat in a nursing home or hospice who sits on the bed of the next patient to pass away. The story of dogs knowing wh...

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 6d

It’s great!

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 7d

Haha! They’re all good but I was particularly referring to 1000 Women in Horror. 🧟‍♀️

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 8d

Don’t we also know Target doesn’t put expensive things right next to an exit?

Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 8d

Great book in the background there.

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Andy Hazel @andyhazel.bsky.social · 14d

Splitsville is one of the year’s best comedies. It feels fresh, funny, knows what to do with Dakota Johnson and opens across Australia today. Here’s my interview with its creators and stars, Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Corvino for @thecurb.com.au.

Splitsville: Michael Angelo Corvino and Kyle Marvin on Comedy, Craft, and Climbing Back - The Curb | Film and Culture

“Australia has some great comedy,” says Kyle Marvin. “You guys are doing it right.” “Yeah,” agrees Marvin’s collaborator, Michael Angelo Corvino. “We were really disappointed not to make it over to th...

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Nadine Whitney @nadinewhitney.bsky.social · 14d

I’m unsure what to say except I’m very glad you feel freed. ❤️

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