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Blood and Cheap Thrills in ’80s Los Angeles
When I saw Ti West’s X in 2022, I felt refreshed. Yes, his lurid slasher—set in 1979 on a rural farm where an adult-film shoot goes very, very wrong—was hardly the most original movie ever made. West is a technician who specializes in paying tribute to …