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Dec 28, 2023
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris
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Dec 28, 2023
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris

An exploration of physical and emotional place, lifelong friendships, and growing up.

Dec 28, 2023
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris
Editors’ Picks: Movies & TV
Dec 8, 2022
Editor Review
Editors’ Picks: Movies & TV
Dec 8, 2022
Editor Review

Our editors give their film and TV recommendations!

Dec 8, 2022
Editor Review
Bo Hu's An Elephant Sitting Still: A Distressing Portrait of Societal Asystole
Nov 22, 2022
Drake Roth
Bo Hu's An Elephant Sitting Still: A Distressing Portrait of Societal Asystole
Nov 22, 2022
Drake Roth
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Drake Roth
The Messenger
Nov 15, 2022
Liv Medeiros-Sakimoto
The Messenger
Nov 15, 2022
Liv Medeiros-Sakimoto

Check out this improvised morality play.

Nov 15, 2022
Liv Medeiros-Sakimoto
TEMPO
Sep 27, 2022
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris
TEMPO
Sep 27, 2022
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris

A 22-year old ballerina struggles with her crippling need for perfection in an unforgiving, fast-paced world.

Sep 27, 2022
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris
Editors’ Picks: Humanity Beyond the Film Screen
Mar 3, 2022
the Review Editorial Board
Editors’ Picks: Humanity Beyond the Film Screen
Mar 3, 2022
the Review Editorial Board

Members of the Review's Editorial Board curate a selection of films that remain with us long after the credits roll and the screen fades to black.

Mar 3, 2022
the Review Editorial Board
Seeing the Knife: The Evolving Male Gaze in “Gaslight” and “The Perfection”
Feb 24, 2022
Fouad Dakwar
Seeing the Knife: The Evolving Male Gaze in “Gaslight” and “The Perfection”
Feb 24, 2022
Fouad Dakwar

Even though it’s evolved since 1944, the male gaze still defines films—and the women within them—today.

Feb 24, 2022
Fouad Dakwar
Don’t Look Up: A Crisis of Shared Knowledge
Feb 22, 2022
Tarang Saluja
Don’t Look Up: A Crisis of Shared Knowledge
Feb 22, 2022
Tarang Saluja

The scariest element of “Don’t Look Up” isn’t environmental catastrophe—it’s the attack on credibility.

Feb 22, 2022
Tarang Saluja
Death, Demons, Doppelgängers, and Dance: an Analysis of Ballet’s Inherent Horror
Feb 17, 2022
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris
Death, Demons, Doppelgängers, and Dance: an Analysis of Ballet’s Inherent Horror
Feb 17, 2022
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris

The pretty, pastel world of ballet seems antithetical to the dim, depressing atmosphere fostered by a typical horror film. These two “opposites,” however, are more similar than you might think.

Feb 17, 2022
Elpiniki (Ellie) Tsapatsaris
The Ecology of “Dune”
Dec 7, 2021
Rain White
The Ecology of “Dune”
Dec 7, 2021
Rain White

While film adaptations of books are often difficult to get right, the 2021 remake of Dune fell short because of its lack of one key element: its ecology.

Dec 7, 2021
Rain White

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