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Directed by Đặng Thái Huyền and co-written with novelist Chu Lai, the picture dramatizes the 81-day defense of the Quảng Trị Citadel in 1972, one of the most decisive battles of the Vietnam War.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
In this month’s picks, a sharp portrait of a political leader, an intriguing essay film from a renowned novelist and a sensitive look at the impact a gamer had on the lives of his friends.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Now escape the generic archetypes of logic and think like a novelist, remembering (or discovering) a specific story of when every person on your list was creative in their own distinct way.
—Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
If his dad and Spielberg weren't enough, Ronan also had the benefit of an open line to award-winning filmmaker and novelist Rebecca Miller, who directed his dad in The Ballad of Jack and Rose — and who also happens to be his mother.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
In this month’s picks, a sharp portrait of a political leader, an intriguing essay film from a renowned novelist and a sensitive look at the impact a gamer had on the lives of his friends.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Now escape the generic archetypes of logic and think like a novelist, remembering (or discovering) a specific story of when every person on your list was creative in their own distinct way.
—Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
If his dad and Spielberg weren't enough, Ronan also had the benefit of an open line to award-winning filmmaker and novelist Rebecca Miller, who directed his dad in The Ballad of Jack and Rose — and who also happens to be his mother.
—Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Novelist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelist. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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novelist
noun
nov·el·ist
ˈnäv-(ə-)ləst 
: a writer of novels
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