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Anatomy of a $200M Musical Flop: What Killed Folie à Deux

Eighteen months after Todd Phillips' much-hated sequel opened to a $37 million weekend and a 30% audience score, it is time to autopsy the corpse. The film isn't good. It also isn't quite what you've been told.

Marcus Vell·22 Feb·6 min

A cluster of star rating marks, most in grey, one in red, on graph paper.

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Letterboxd Is Functioning as the Critic Now, and That Is a Problem

Letterboxd's aggregate star rating is now the first thing most viewers see about a film, and it is quietly replacing the job criticism used to do. An argument against treating aggregation as judgement.

Marcus Vell·14 Jul·6 min