Travelog: ‘Made in U.S.A’
How to react. Going to listen to vaguely defined live music in Dublin only to experience an American accent, complete with a Southern Twang and frat house classics. The artists are Irish, but their...
View ArticleFATTAL | On Israel, Direction of Anger and Liberation
TW: Genocide, Anti-semitism, Islamaphobia, Sexual Violence Getting on the bus for a weekend out-of-town on Thursday, I was already thinking about Israel. I’d stumbled upon a Jacobin article about Ken...
View ArticleHalloween Horrors: “X”
Welcome back to Halloween Horrors, a mini-column dedicated to reviewing and recommending horror media throughout the month of October. X is an A24 film duology written, directed and produced by Ti...
View ArticleXU | Tales of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
It is impossible in these times to sit down quietly and write about a piece of media, pretending nothing is ever political. What does film say about history? Vice versa, what does history say about...
View Article‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: Waning Hope, Aging Masters and the Moment
This article spoils Killers of the Flower Moon, though it should be noted that the nature of the film renders the spoilers somewhat benign. TW: Genocide I’ve spent the weekend caught between two...
View ArticleTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie Proves That Swift Really Is A “Mastermind”
Look what we made her do. With the release of her album Midnights just under a year ago, the announcement of The Eras Tour soon after, nine months of touring and the release of the rerecorded Speak Now...
View ArticleSubstance in the Small Details of ‘Saltburn’
Many dismissed Emerald Fennell’s second film Saltburn as being “boring” and “empty.” My response to these comments: If this was your take on Saltburn, I don’t think you were paying close enough...
View ArticleI LOVE IT | Ode to Long Movies
Not every film can be enjoyed in a single evening. As you get into cinephilia, downloading Letterboxd and looking at their Top 250 (or perhaps those of Sight and Sound or AFI), you may come across...
View ArticleThe Ugly Truth: Lessons In Perfectionism
Upon viewing the rather uncensored Saltburn, as Rosamund Pike proclaimed her “complete and utter horror of ugliness,” I couldn’t help but reflect on my own musings of perfectionism. Though rooted in...
View ArticleModern Film Flaws: Feminism is Not One Size Fits All
Feminism: Misunderstood, misused and undeniably important. Feminism is, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the “belief in and advocacy of the political, economic, and social equality of the...
View ArticleCat Person and the Horrors of Dating Over Text
Warning: this article contains spoilers as well as discussion of sexual assault Cat Person, a movie which recently showed at Cornell Cinema, is based off of a short story written in The New Yorker by...
View ArticleThe Oscar Nominees: The Ones I Liked Less
Well, it can’t all be great. As good as this year’s Oscars slate is in comparison to say, 2021, it still isn’t quite able to escape the inadequacies or odd choices befitting any body of wealthy West...
View ArticleThe Blood-Curdling Sadness of All of Us Strangers
I took my mom to see All of Us Strangers over the break, after American Fiction had sold out and Poor Things had seemed a bit explicit for a family viewing. She liked the movie but noted that the...
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