Category: Reviews

Spring Breakers

Spring Breakers arrived in theaters last Friday only to confuse audiences around the country. The film begins practically pornographically, bare breasts splashed with beer and tan rears occupying the entire movie screen, accompanied by the aggressive sounds of Skrillex. It then flashes forward to the mundane and fictitious Kentucky College where four girls find they don’t have enough money to fund a spring break getaway to Florida.

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Crime and Composition

On the detective fiction of Ricardo Lísias and the electronic novel

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Letters to Self: The Nass interviews artist David Timm ‘22

An interview with a Princeton creator.

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Isle of Dogs review

“In any case, it is left up to the viewer to not get too lost in the dazzling visual spectacle of the film, and be sure to consider that despite the immaculate attention to detail, some details might still have been rendered invisible.”

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You’re Christopher Robin and Don’t You Forget It

On the collision course of youthful innocence and adulthoods muted palette.

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How to Write a Pitchfork Album Review

Listen to two or three of the songs off of the album. Pick them from different sections, so it seems like you listened to the whole thing. Also, don’t call them songs. Call them “tracks” or (even better) “cuts” instead.

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Sorry to Bother You review

“What the story lacks in cohesion and clarity, though, it makes up for in inventiveness and provocation. It seems intentionally on-the-nose that the protagonist’s name is “Cash Green,” as the film takes the inherent absurdity and selfishness of capitalism to the extreme.”

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The Personal Politics of the Draft: Nass Recommends Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory

What we can learn from a literary giant’s process of creation.

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“Absurd Regularity” : Nass Recommends Regular Show

A Nass writer reflects on a beloved cartoon.

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That Precept Kid Reviews Some Albums

Piggybacking off of your cultural criticism

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Nass Recommends

Praise for Islands by Bear’s Den.

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The Bourne Escalation

Hollywood retconning just got personal.

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