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‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh Goes Cold with an Immaculately Crafted Coming-of-Age Story Too Restrained for Its Own Good

Fred Hechinger and Eben Moss-Bachrach are terrific in a queer period drama about a young man trying to escape his father's shadow in 1950s Colorado.

‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh Goes Cold with an Immaculately Crafted Coming-of-Age Story Too Restrained for Its Own Good

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