Who Else Smells “Jeanne Dielman” Rat?

December 2, 2022 by Jeff Wells

Paul Schrader: “This year’s Sight & Sound poll reflects not a historical continuum, but a politically correct rejiggering.”

From HE’s”Sight & Sound Highbrows Lean Wokey,” posted on 12.1.22:

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