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Reece Beckett

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Portrait of a City on Fire

Portrait of a City on Fire

My debut poetry collection, about a city falling apart.

2020

Stories

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Where can my other work be found?

A collection of my pieces written outside of Medium (Most recent to oldest).

Oct 1, 2022

Where can my other work be found?

Oct 1, 2022

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Review: ‘Bad Santa’, Somehow, Captures the True Spirit of Christmas

Terry Zwigoff’s distinctive dark comedy couldn’t be more vulgar, yet somehow it still captures Christmas with more authenticity than most…

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Review: ‘Bad Santa’, Somehow, Captures the True Spirit of Christmas

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Review: ‘The Northman’ Takes its Audience on a Barbaric Trip to Valhalla

Robert Eggers’ 2022 Viking epic sees his scope expand to great effect

2d ago

Review: ‘The Northman’ Takes its Audience on a Barbaric Trip to Valhalla

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Review: ‘The Lion King’ Is Little More Than An Experiment

And its findings are all negative…

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Review: ‘The Lion King’ Is Little More Than An Experiment

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Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Chime’ is the Scariest Film of the Year

The Japanese master of horror returns with a deeply unnerving horror mini-feature

6d ago

Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Chime’ is the Scariest Film of the Year

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Rainbow Salad

The Abyss

A poem

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The Abyss

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Review: ‘Stalag 17’, An Important Lesson in Tone

Billy Wilder’s prisoner-of-war mystery/comedy is close to a masterpiece, but its muddled genre-blending stops it short

Dec 14

Review: ‘Stalag 17’, An Important Lesson in Tone

Dec 14

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Review: ‘Rat Film’ is a Scathing Indictment of Historical Racism

Theo Anthony’s experimental documentary uses rat exploitation as a metaphor for the treatment of minorities in Baltimore

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Review: ‘Rat Film’ is a Scathing Indictment of Historical Racism

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The Best of British Cinema: ‘Blitz’ (2024)

Director Steve McQueen’s poignant war drama is a Dickensian masterpiece

Dec 9

The Best of British Cinema: ‘Blitz’ (2024)

Dec 9

Published in
Rainbow Salad

The Blast

A poem

Dec 8

The Blast

Dec 8

Reece Beckett

Reece Beckett

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Film/music critic and poet. New articles every Mon, Thurs & Sat. Poetry on Sundays! Contact: rbeckettwrites@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/reecebeckett

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