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A Dedicated Student of Film Noir, Jeffrey Reiner Makes a Notable Addition to the Genre With His Debut Feature, ‘Lake George’ 

Reiner knows that the best film noirs are as rife with comedy as they are with grime. These movies tend toward gallows humor, and so it is with ‘Lake George.’

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Carrie Coon in 'Lake George.' Via Magnet Releasing
MARIO NAVES
MARIO NAVES

How good of a person is Phyllis, one of the two chief protagonists in Jeffrey Reiner’s debut feature, “Lake George”? The notion of goodness nags at Phyllis (Carrie Coons) even as she engages in behavior that most of us would agree is not good. 

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MARIO NAVES
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​Mr. Naves is an artist, teacher, and critic based in New York City. His writing has appeared in City Arts, the New Criterion,the New York Observer, Slate, the Spectator World, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications.

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