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Confessions of a Neurotic Mind: Inside Bo Burnham’s Sobering “Inside”
Bo Burnham always seems to have a way with words. Since the beginning of his impressively illustrious career, the 30-year-old YouTube star-slash-comedian-slash-filmmaker has made a name for himself as one…
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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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“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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“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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16 Best Movies of 2020, According to Gen-Z Critics
I’ve always viewed film criticism—and really, the film industry in general—as behind an impenetrable sheen. The nepotism and sheer inaccessibility of both fields blinked bright red anytime I considered being…
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The Weirdness of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
“It’s not varnish. That’s not why it smells, you should know that… You don’t have to go. Forward. In time.” There are a lot of moments in Charlie Kaufman’s latest…
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“Birds of Prey”: The Fantabulous Emancipation of Women in Film
Before February 7th, you’d be hard-pressed to find an honest-to-God all-female action movie. Once every few years, a Charlie’s Angels or an Ocean’s 8 would come along, but none of…
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