Category: Film

The Brain Behind the Brush: Uncovering Mary Blair’s Animation Legacy

Your favorite Disney animations were the product of invisibilized women’s labor.

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When Your B1tch Becomes Human: A Review of My Dog Tulip

“If Ackerley perceives his dependent, female dog as essentially human, this is a strong statement regarding Ackerley’s beliefs about women in general. In fact, many of his statements regarding Tulip, throughout the film, feel steeped in misogyny, given that they are not statements generally associated with dogs.”

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A History of Silence: Elision and Destruction in the New Mexican Landscape

“There’s power in not having to care. As Inez Guzmán remarks, the film Oppenheimer can leave New Mexico just as its subject did: apparently without a second thought. But there’s also power—more ambivalent, yes, but also more lasting—that comes with needing to pick up the pieces.”

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Behind the VHS, Betacam, and GoPro: Ivar Murd and his Production of Cult Music Documentary u.Q.

A writer visits the New York Baltic Film Festival and delves into the world of the late Estonian music star Uku Kuut, as captured on film.

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Licorice Pizza: An Ode to Young Love and Cinema in the San Fernando Valley

A Nass writer looks at the newest film from Paul Thomas Anderson.

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How to Visit Home from a Movie Theater

A Nass writer reflects on her family’s connection to a recent film.

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Oeuvre Reviews: Josh Malina in “View From The Top”

A Nass writer takes another dive into the work of her favorite B-list actor.

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Wet, Hot, Senile Summer

A consideration of suburbia and its inhabitants in relation to the American Dream.

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Love Lessons

Wherein a Nass writer contemplates the influence of Disney on her burgeoning worldview.

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On Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

A review of the latest Sasha Baron Cohen comedy.

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The Virtue of Ambiguity

A Review of the Film: Parasite

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The Fourth Annual Princeton Independent Film Festival

Narrative as a discourse, and the opportunities within collective interpretation.

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