A Banquet
By Paul Weissman February 18, 2022
While offering up a lot of intriguing ideas, A Banquet works quite well as a domestic drama but falls short as horror.
While offering up a lot of intriguing ideas, A Banquet works quite well as a domestic drama but falls short as horror.
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