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With large swathes of the stands empty as protesting Marseille fans waited until the 15th minute to come in, the visitors nearly grabbed the lead in the opening five minutes when Martial Godo headed onto the woodwork.

From Barron's

Before long, it became a common assumption among the chronically online that Fennell’s version would reveal itself to be from the point of view of a woman — perhaps Victorian, perhaps in another era altogether — reading the book for the first time, its twisted love story playing out in her head and onto the silver screen.

From Salon

And here, each frame is a sumptuous feast of texture, light and color — like a swath of sweat-drenched tulle cast out onto the wind and into the fog.

From Salon

Several competing processes of sound-on-film fought for dominance until Western Electric created the industry standard by recording picture and sound separately then marrying them onto a single print.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nancy Guthrie had been missing less than three days when family members and reporters, and even an Amazon delivery worker, could be seen wandering onto her property, with drops of her blood still staining the front entryway.

From Los Angeles Times