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A Sort of Love Story: Emma and Harriet in “Emma.”

Literature, Review, Story, TV/Film Posted by Remi Riordan

“Emma.” is a love story and truly there are many weaved into the plot, yet the most consistent and forgiving and intimate is the one between Emma and Harriet.

Thou Shall Not Kill: A Review of “Incitement”

Activism, Review, Story, TV/Film Posted by Remi Riordan

Editor-In-Chief Remi Riordan reviews “Incitement,” a film that takes a look at the true story of the years leading up to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination and the radicalization of young university students including Rabin’s assassin, Yigal Amir.

The Quiet and Powerful Mundanity of “The Assistant”

Activism, Review, Story, TV/Film Posted by Remi Riordan

“The Assistant” is very clearly a film referencing the #metoo movement within the film industry. It is a film that tries to shut down the question that sexual abuse apologists and deniers have used for so long—why didn’t she say anything?

The Humanity Within “Two Popes”

Essay, Review, Story, TV/Film Posted by Remi Riordan

Editor in Chief Remi Riordan offers her thoughts on the complexities and beauty of Fernando Meirelles’ Golden Globe Winner, “The Two Popes.”

Revisiting “Paris is Burning”

Activism, Essay, Review, Story, TV/Film Posted by Zoe Yu Gilligan

Story by Zoe Yu Gilligan In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Film Forum in New York City and Landmark’s Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles have been screening Jennie Livingston’s “Paris is Burning”, a 1990 landmark documentary about the city’s “Golden Age” of ball culture in its last years. It won the…