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Sundance Film Festival finally goes virtual

19 February, 2021 // Arts, Top News // 0 Comments
Every year, the transition week between January and February has allowed me the opportunity to do two things: live vicariously through coverage of the Sundance Film Festival and pine for the day when I will… Read More...
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Hypocritical commentary in ‘Cuties’ proves two wrongs don’t make a right

18 September, 2020 // Arts // 0 Comments
Several days prior to the release of French-Senegalese director Maimouna Doucouré’s debut, “Cuties,” the film went viral on social media. Per usual, Netflix had already added its poster and description to the site, giving subscribers… Read More...
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‘The Assistant’ quietly dismantles an evil system

13 March, 2020 // Arts // 0 Comments
While the film industry has a reputation for sensationalized, contrived world-building, movies often capture the monotony of daily life to shed light on the quietly overlooked moments that pass us by with time. They reveal… Read More...
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And the Oscar goes to: anybody but the nominees

24 January, 2020 // Arts // 0 Comments
I watch the Academy Awards every year and I complain about the Academy Awards every year. Like clockwork, I anticipate the list of nominations in January, knowing I’ll be disappointed to see the same problematic… Read More...
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‘Bombshell’ and ‘Richard Jewell’ stage tone-deaf portraits of the recent past

17 January, 2020 // Arts // 0 Comments
This past winter break, I had the unfortunate pleasure of wasting $20 and 240 minutes of my time watching “Bombshell” and “Richard Jewell” in theaters. Thankfully, I was also able to catch “Little Women” and… Read More...
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For Jenny Slate, fear is a funny thing

8 November, 2019 // Arts // 0 Comments
Ever since she was young, Jenny Slate wanted to make a documentary. Or, as she explains to her father in one of the many interview-style clips spliced throughout her first stand-up comedy special, she imagined… Read More...
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Should ‘Twin Peaks’ return (again)?

18 October, 2019 // Arts // 0 Comments
“Someone we know who is ‘in the know’ just let something very interesting slip about the future of TWIN PEAKS—If it’s true, we’ll be squealing and giddy in 2020!” tweeted the Hollywood Horror Museum on… Read More...
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Thoughts on Boston’s celebration of women in film

11 October, 2019 // Arts // 0 Comments
Every September, the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston host the Boston Women’s Film Festival (BWFF). Only a Brandeis shuttle ride (plus an Uber, unless you’re feeling up to… Read More...
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