by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 23, 2024 | List & Reviews
Luca Guadagino’s latest movie, Challengers, is a grand slam of a film. The film perfectly captures and merges athleticism and romantic tension. Tashi (Zendaya), a former tennis prodigy turned trainer, and her husband Art (Mike Faist) are on a losing streak and enter...
by Caillin McDaid | May 23, 2024 | List & Reviews
Dabbling in the mystic, tragic, and comedic Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is a singular film, that will leave you wanting to rewatch it again as the credits roll. The film begins in a hazy train journey through Italy, where we meet Archaeologist turned thief Arthur...
by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 21, 2024 | List & Reviews
Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) is a compelling and fantastic exploration of the explosive and complex relationship between mothers and daughters. It is an intense battle of religious fanaticism, unchecked cruelty and, ultimately, a journey into female...
by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 3, 2024 | List & Reviews
Coming-of-age films have a special power to resonate with audiences for a lifetime. They provide a lens into universal experiences of adolescence and self-discovery. From awkward crushes, the pursuit of independence, flirting, and sisterhood. These are some of...
by Bijin Chen | Apr 24, 2024 | List & Reviews
“Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way.” AnMei, The Joy Luck Club Wayne Wang’s...
by Lucy Wilcox | Apr 24, 2024 | List & Reviews
Coraline (2009) is a film which depicts a young 11-year old girl called Coraline (Dakota Fanning) who desires more than the monotony of being an only child under a new roof in a place she doesn’t know too much about. From the offset, we become aware of the lack of...
