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Letterboxd Journal

Mall Madness: a starter pack of twenty films that prove the mall was never just for shopping

August 27

Jenni Kaye packs a shopping bag full of twenty fluorescent-lit fantasies, consumerist nightmares, teenage hangouts and retail zombies that capture the magic of America’s favorite third place.

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