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The mainstream sheen of Materialists has been greeted with grumbles, as though the film’s very title betrays strictly sellout motives on Song’s part.
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
As the handmaids spill into the crowd, using their knives at will, Phoebe gets hold of a gun and a billy club and uses both as though she’s been professionally trained.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025
To source his material, Cobb punched random terms into Google, as though working a slot machine.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
And another: Jacqueline Burnett, back on stage after a long absence as though no time has passed, in the piece’s most authentic moments, joined briefly by Elliott Hammans, who somehow supports her from the exact opposite corner of the stage.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
As the handmaids spill into the crowd, using their knives at will, Phoebe gets hold of a gun and a billy club and uses both as though she’s been professionally trained.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025
To source his material, Cobb punched random terms into Google, as though working a slot machine.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
And another: Jacqueline Burnett, back on stage after a long absence as though no time has passed, in the piece’s most authentic moments, joined briefly by Elliott Hammans, who somehow supports her from the exact opposite corner of the stage.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2025
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