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Nick Davis
Associate Professor
Department of English,
Program in Gender and     Sexuality Studies,
Northwestern University
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Best of the 2010s: Full reviews of the top 100+ movies I saw in the last decade!


80 U.S., 62 world premieres


New reviews: '31, '32, '33, '34


Recent essay on films of 1999

Here and on Letterboxd


Updated: 2008 through 2017

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I screened 52 features


Short essays on pet movies


Dig into new releases

Oscar's best category

What I've published

Answers to recurring queries