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Gavin Smith

Gavin Smith is a writer based in Brooklyn.

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Misogyny Incarnate: The Unspeakable Truth of The Entity

This once-maligned horror film is an unsparing exploration of sexual violence, remarkably centered on a complex, fully realized female protagonist, played courageously by Barbara Hershey.

By Gavin Smith

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Alain Resnais’s Unexpected (and Unjustly Neglected) Art-House Hit

A playfully philosophical drama, My American Uncle has been largely forgotten, yet it is the most down-to-earth of the French master’s exhilarating engagements with modernist aesthetics.

By Gavin Smith