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About Michael

Michael Nordine is a Los Angeles-based film critic. His writing has been featured in Variety, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, LA Weekly, the Village Voice, and the Washington Post, among others, and his reviews can be found on both Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes. Michael served as Weekend Editor at IndieWire prior to joining Optimism, a position that saw him filing articles live from the Oscars and Golden Globes.

He is a member of both LAFCA (the Los Angeles Film Critics Association) and FIPRESCI (the International Federation of Film Critics).

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Highest 2 Lowest

If anyone other than Spike Lee were directing it, a remake of High and Low would seem like a terrible idea.

Issue
53
Weapons

“A lot of people die in a lot of really weird ways in this story.”

Issue
52
Together

Being in a dysfunctional relationship, according to Together, is not unlike having a dead rat in your walls.

Issue
51
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