Eric Zhu

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EOY Roundup #1: Peter Hujar's Day, Die My Love
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/eoy-roundup-1-peter-hujars-day-die

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Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2025)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/bugonia-yorgos-lanthimos

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VIFF: Dracula (Radu Jude), Kontinental '25 (Radu Jude)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-dracula-radu-jude-kontinental

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VIFF: The Mastermind (Kelly Reichardt), After the Hunt (Luca Guadagnino)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-the-mastermind-kelly-reichardt

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VIFF: With Hasan in Gaza (Kamal Aljafari)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-with-hasan-in-gaza-kamal-aljafari

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NYFF: The Currents (Milagros Mumenthaler)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-the-currents-milagros-mumenthaler

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VIFF: The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonca Filho)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-the-secret-agent-kleber-mendonca

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VIFF: Resurrection, The Love that Remains
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-resurrection-the-love-that-remains

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VIFF: Sentimental Value, Miroirs No. 3
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-sentimental-value-miroirs-no

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VIFF: It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-it-was-just-an-accident-jafar

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VIFF: The Last One For the Road (Francesco Sossai)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-the-last-one-for-the-road-francesco

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NYFF: Mare's Nest (Ben Rivers)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-mares-nest-ben-rivers

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NYFF: Drunken Noodles, Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-drunken-noodles-last-night-i

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NYFF: Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love + Windward
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-lover-lovers-loving-love-windward

Wasn't planning to write about One Battle After Another, but I couldn't help myself. Not a formal review, but some loosely organized thoughts about a really good movie that I have some reservations about.

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Notebook: One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/notebook-one-battle-after-another

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NYFF: Dooni, towards a fundamental theory of physics, Morning Circle
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-dooni-towards-a-fundamental

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NYFF: Levers, Pin de Fartie
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-levers-pin-de-fartie

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VIFF Capsules: Your Touch Makes Others Invisible, Mad Bills to Pay, Blue Heron
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-capsules-your-touch-makes-others

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Experimental Films from SF Crossroads
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/experimental-films-from-sf-crossroads

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VIFF 2025: Festival Preview
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-2025-festival-preview

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From My Life: Highest 2 Lowest, Weapons, My Undesirable Friends + The Honey Quartet
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/from-my-life-highest-2-lowest-weapons

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New Releases: Eight Postcards from Utopia, Twinless
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/new-releases-eight-postcards-from

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Summer Forever: On Jacques Rozier's Near Orouët
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/summer-forever-on-jacques-roziers

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"Your Being Manipulated": On Ari Aster's Eddington
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/your-being-manipulated-on-ari-asters

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The Hills are Alive: On Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/the-hills-are-alive-on-kiarostamis

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The Insert July 2025: The Best Films of the Year (thus far)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/the-insert-july-2025-the-best-films

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Death and Transfiguration: 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle, 2025)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/death-and-transfiguration-28-years

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New Releases: The Phoenician Scheme, Vulcanizadora, Materialists
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/new-releases-the-phoenician-scheme

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Pride Month Extras: The Illiac Passion , The Death of Louis XIV
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/pride-month-extras-the-illiac-passion