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Billie Eilish’s Documentary Closes the Gap Between Celebrities and Fans

Billie Eilish’s insular world is hardly unique—she bickers with her mother, is lectured by her father on the rules of the road in preparation for her first time driving alone,…

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Cosplaying the Working Class: The Ethics of Fictional Poverty in Cinema

The music video for Justin Bieber’s 2020 gospel-pop track “Holy” is disorienting, to say the least. Bieber, a multimillionaire, plays an oil-rig worker living in a motel with his partner.…

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Finding Catharsis in Painful Cinema

I love “feel bad” movies. From my early introduction to horror at the age of 8 (thanks, Dad!), to seeing Annihilation five times in theaters, I’ve always been enamoured with…

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Sapphic Love as a Sanctuary in “The World to Come”

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“Promising Young Woman” and Rape-Revenge Thrills

When a film is founded upon the idea of critiquing and dismantling rape culture, the viewer, especially a female viewer, shouldn’t spend the entire credits sequence feeling vulnerable and disturbed.…

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Sexist Men on Letterboxd Are My Joker Origin Story

Mia Vicino, most well known as Brat Pitt on Letterboxd, was receiving death threats. She recently called attention to the gross, misogynistic reviews posted on the platform by one of…

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“Malcolm & Marie” Is a Horror Film: Black Trauma As Entertainment

Sam Levinson’s Malcolm & Marie depicts violence in a way many women can recognize: a simple argument escalates into abuse. When the eponymous lovers return home following the premiere of…

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Blind Worship and the Films of Quentin Tarantino

When you’re first getting into film, you tend to hear the same names repeated over and over again: Fincher, Scorsese, and, most of all, Tarantino. As a young cinephile, I…

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Local Trans Guy Binges Every Elliot Page Project

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Billie Eilish’s Documentary Closes the Gap Between Celebrities and Fans

Cosplaying the Working Class: The Ethics of Fictional Poverty in Cinema

Finding Catharsis in Painful Cinema

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Have You Thought About Your Neighbors Today?

How Capitalism Forces Us to Commodify Our Personal Lives

Don’t Call Rowing Blazers Founder Jack Carlson Preppy

Discovering My Sexuality, Alone in My Childhood Bedroom

Sapphic Love as a Sanctuary in “The World to Come”

“Promising Young Woman” and Rape-Revenge Thrills

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Have You Thought About Your Neighbors Today?

How Capitalism Forces Us to Commodify Our Personal Lives

Don’t Call Rowing Blazers Founder Jack Carlson Preppy

Discovering My Sexuality, Alone in My Childhood Bedroom

“Malcolm & Marie” Is a Horror Film: Black Trauma As Entertainment

Blind Worship and the Films of Quentin Tarantino

Local Trans Guy Binges Every Elliot Page Project

Trending posts

Have You Thought About Your Neighbors Today?

How Capitalism Forces Us to Commodify Our Personal Lives

Don’t Call Rowing Blazers Founder Jack Carlson Preppy

Discovering My Sexuality, Alone in My Childhood Bedroom

“Malcolm & Marie” Review: Sam Levinson, You Okay?

Have You Thought About Your Neighbors Today?

How Capitalism Forces Us to Commodify Our Personal Lives

Don’t Call Rowing Blazers Founder Jack Carlson Preppy

Discovering My Sexuality, Alone in My Childhood Bedroom

What’s Private Is Public: Drawing the Ethical Line as a Personal Essayist

Stop Expecting “Sad Indie Girls” to Be Sad All the Time

Normalize Disliking People for No Particular Reason

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