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NC-17
Passages , 2023’s arthouse breakout by Ira Sachs, is certainly not for kids. Yet the film - which features two minute-long scenes of...
R.J. Jones
Jan 22, 20243 min read


Fresas vs. Nacos: The Failures in Understanding Social Class Through “Nosotros los Nobles”
Comedy often offers the best outlet for social critique. Gary Alazraki’s 2013 film “Nosotros los Nobles” exemplifies this practice. In...
Sam Cano Cabrera
Jan 21, 20242 min read


An Unnecessary Evil: The Reboot & Hollywood’s Insistence Upon Fixing What is Not Broken
In the world of entertainment, one trend consistently haunts our screens: the notorious “reboot.” Hollywood’s fascination with revisiting...
Eva Rogovin
Jan 21, 20245 min read


The Cinema of 3D Attractions
The guy sitting next to me at the Film Forum is munching his popcorn way too loud. In my peripheral vision, I notice he’s not closing his...
Antonio Bullon Puckett
Jan 21, 20244 min read


A Cup of Afternoon Caste
Geeli Pucchi ( Wet Kiss, Neeraj Ghaywan, 2021) is one of four films contained within the Ajeeb Daastaans (Strange Stories, Netflix, 2021)...
Katie Mae Peters
Jan 21, 20246 min read


What Makes an Oscar-Winning Performance?
Film fans and pollsters have for years debated and analyzed just what kind of performances are awarded Oscars. In the early-year run-up...
Joao Santos
Jan 21, 20244 min read


Only the River Flows: A Twilight for an Arthouse China, or another Illusion?
An Unimpressive End-of-Year Surprise It was December 31st, 2018. Tens of thousands of moviegoers trooped into theaters around mainland...
Weiqing Chen
Jan 21, 20245 min read


Poor Things Review: Libido over Liberation
Poor Things (2023) , directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, takes the viewer into a world that resembles a Salvador Dali painting more than our...
Claire Schnatterbeck
Jan 21, 20243 min read


Blinded by the light
Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” has got to be one of the most misunderstood songs about America. "Born in the U.S.A." was...
Alexandra Sepe
Jan 21, 20243 min read


Reality Television’s Gay Survivor
In the realm of reality television, few figures are as influential as Richard Hatch, an openly gay man and the first winner of Survivor....
SJ Austin
Jan 21, 20242 min read


Price at Hanging Rock
d. Peter Weir “What we see, and what we seem are but a dream: a dream within a dream.” Landscapes open Peter Weir’s haunting 1975...
Double Exposure
Nov 14, 20237 min read


Interview with Hal Hartley
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It all begins with an idea.</p>
Double Exposure
Mar 11, 201915 min read
Through the Narrow Gate: On the Poetics of Returning in Nostalghia
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It all begins with an idea.</p>
Double Exposure
Mar 11, 20196 min read


10 Cents a Day
I turned the stile with my palm clenched, pointer finger on shuffle, and “long awaited sunset”-titled playlist reverberating through my...
Double Exposure
Mar 11, 20196 min read


Portrait of a Lady on Fire review: A Portrait, Reframed, Refocused
<p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">It all begins with an idea.</p>
Alan Wu
Mar 11, 20197 min read
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