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<em>Golden Exits</em> Is a Quiet, Mature Indie Drama

Alex Ross Perry’s latest film stars Emily Browning as an Australian student who stirs up trouble among the Brooklyn yuppie set.
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The Brooklyn of Alex Ross Perry’s , which takes place almost entirely in one small brownstone-dotted neighborhood of the borough, is hazy and sun-kissed. An early establishing shot of the sludgy Gowanus Canal looks positively Venetian, a tremendous achievement given that it is one of the bodies of water in the United States. The tranquility on display feels lovely, but immediately threatening; a place so content and pleasant is hard to take at face value, after all. Onto the Carroll Gardens scene steps Naomi

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