Samuel Fragoso

Sam Fragoso lives in San Francisco and is the founder of Movie Mezzanine. His work has appeared in Interview Magazine, The Dissolve, RogerEbert.com, Vulture, and The Week.

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‘SINCERE SCARES’

‘The Babadook’ Has Horror with a Heart

<p>Jennifer Kent’s <i>The Babadook </i>doesn’t have a triumvirate of people linked ass-to-mouth or nocturnal specters creeping into suburban homes. Instead, its scares are stylish and sincere.</p>

Samuel Fragoso

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2.4 MILLION GALLONS

Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil

‘The Great Invisible’ is something of a marvel—a balanced, unabridged document of life before and after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig accident.

Samuel Fragoso

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Being Human

Gospel of Jefferson, Tolstoy & Dickens

A new play featuring the third U.S. president, and the authors of “War and Peace” and “Tale of Two Cities” ruminates on what makes us human—our aspirations or our actions?

Samuel Fragoso