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R. Emmet Sweeney is an occasional film critic. All of his work for publications living and dead are conveniently arranged in the menu above.

He lives in Brooklyn, NY, and spends his days at Kino Lorber.

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Linda Linda Linda Screen Slate (September 4, 2025)

“Audiences Think They Want Answers, but They Don’t”: Screenwriter Sam Stefanak on The Woman in the Yard Filmmaker Magazine (April 11, 2025)

Arriving at a Resolution: Remastering Movies for 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Filmmaker Magazine (March 18, 2025)

Be Careful What You Wish For: A Conversation with Paul W.S. Anderson about In the Lost Lands Screen Slate (March 7, 2025)

Ancient to the Future: How director Mani Ratnam managed to adapt Ponniyin Selvan, a 2,500-page serialized historical epic and one of the bestselling Tamil novels of all time ($) The Believer (October 16, 2024)