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Author: Sloane Dzhitenov

Sloane Dzhitenov is a freelance writer and avid cinephile operating out of the New England area. Their writing has appeared in various publications and is centrally housed on their website, a-dzh.com, where they aim to produce engaging and entertaining film essays that contain a personal touch. Though they welcome film in any and all of its forms, they have a particular love for everything experimental and bizarre about ‘90s cinema.
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03/27/2023

In Defense of Riverdale

A Love Letter to America's Postmodern Schlock

by Sloane Dzhitenov

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08/04/2022

A Whole Lot of Elvis

Baz Luhrmann and the final chords of the musical biopic

by Sloane Dzhitenov

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02/24/2022

A Rare Thing in His Age

How Wes Anderson's "most Wes Anderson film" uncovers something new

by Sloane Dzhitenov

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07/29/2021

Vincent Gallo and the Strange Unrealities of Buffalo 66

Crises of constructed gender

by Sloane Dzhitenov

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