“The Bee Movie” is so much more than a medium-successful animated film—it is a cultural phenomenon, the inspiration for many meme-makers, and a children’s film about capitalism.
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TV/Film
I swear it’s not that bad: “The Kissing Booth”
Introducing Crybaby’s first film review series, “I swear it’s not that bad,” where our writers argue for their favorite bad movie… First up, our editor-in-chief Remi Riordan defends Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth.”
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Lauren Greenfield and Materialist Preoccupations: An Interview Excerpt
Writer Simone Rembert spoke with photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield about her work, “Tiger King,” Instagram, and what projects she’s working on at the moment. This is an excerpt, as the full conversation will be published in Crybaby’s next print issue.
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The Stars Aligned, or Whatever You Want to Say
Writer Simone Rembert interviews Holmes Holmes, a Chicago-based comedian, about her comedy, coping with quarantine, phone therapy and kissing one’s little arm.
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On the Dichotomy of Good and Evil: A Review of “Corpus Christi”
St. Augustine of Hippo, a Catholic theologian and philosopher, once said, “If there was no good in what is evil, then the evil simply could not be.”
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A Sort of Love Story: Emma and Harriet in “Emma.”
“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.
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Thou Shall Not Kill: A Review of “Incitement”
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.
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The Quiet and Powerful Mundanity of “The Assistant”
“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?
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The Humanity Within “Two Popes”
Editor in Chief Remi Riordan offers her thoughts on the complexities and beauty of Fernando Meirelles’ Golden Globe Winner, “The Two Popes.”
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Theories of the Kardashians
Writer and Admin of the @kardashian_kolloquium Instagram account theorizes the cultural obsession surrounding the Kardashians.
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