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Reviewed on July 24, 2020 | Arts
Thomson (Sleeping with Strangers) presents murder in the movies as a triangle connecting the on-screen killer, the storyteller, and the audience. Murder is objectively bad, but why is our entertainment infused with it? The audience bears the brunt of his moral hand-wringing, but Thomson is more concerned than outraged by the pervasiveness and appeal of killing. He himself is comp...Log In or Sign Up to Read More