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Vintage Violence is an absurdist crime thriller for phone addicts

A still image from the film Vintage Violence.

There are a lot of movies that have tried to seamlessly integrate modern tech – text messages, livestreams, etc. – into their storytelling. Some of the most novel attempts have been in the genre space, like the Twitch-style horror flick Deadstream. But the most chaotic to date might just be Vintage Violence, an absurd crime thriller with lots of blood, jokes, and screentime.

I was able to catch Vintage Violence, the latest from director Eugene Kotlyarenko, on my fifth day at the Toronto International Film Festival. Kotlyarenko has previously explored our hyper-connected culture in 2020’s Spree, a movie in which Stranger Things‘ Joe Keery pl …

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