Nicholas Thomson

Nicholas Thomson is a writer living in Brooklyn. He was born in San Francisco. His writing can be found at his blog: pickledbone.blogspot.com and in The Hypocrite Reader. He graduated with an A.B. in philosophy from the University of Chicago.
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Dave Eggers Does Cheerful Satire in ‘The Circle’

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 / 14 November 2013
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The Muted Tones and Diminishing Returns of the High in ‘Drug War’

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 / 22 October 2013
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‘Day of the Dead’ Is Shlock Without a Pulse

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 / 8 October 2013
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The State of War That Is Puberty

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 / 30 September 2013
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Susan Sontag’s Journals from the Depths of Erudite Despair

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 / 12 September 2013
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‘Marketa Lazarova’, a Haunting Czech Epic, Will Entrance You

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 / 19 July 2013
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Seething Tension: ‘Medium Cool’

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 / 28 June 2013
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Humor in Sadness, Beauty in Wretchednes, ‘Life is Sweet’

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 / 24 June 2013
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Where Charm Overcomes Cruelty in the West: ‘3:10 to Yuma’

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 / 18 June 2013
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‘The Spectacle of Disintegration’ Reclaims the Truths of the Situationist International Movement

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 / 13 June 2013
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Searing Color into Cultural Memory: Tenosuke Kinugasa’s ‘Gate of Hell’

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 / 24 May 2013
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‘See Now Then’: An Explication of Intimate Oppression

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 / 14 May 2013