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Biography

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Independent Film Critics of America, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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Total articles 2353

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  Darkest Miriam Is Mired in Bewildering Minimalism

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  Apr. 17, 2025

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  To Live and Die in L.A. Makes the Cinephile Hissy Fit Sweat

  By Don Shanahan Verified

  Apr. 13, 2025

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  Sacramento Stresses the Challenges of Friendship

  By Don Shanahan Verified

  Apr. 12, 2025

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