Christopher Nolan’s Tenet Screenplay Misses the Mark Photo Courtesy of the Verge Christopher Nolan’s deftness as a cinematic engineer is … More
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Onward and Upward
Predictable but emotionally moving, Pixar’s Onward inspires a new sense of wonder It can be particularly difficult to review the … More
Oscars 2020: Parasite Wins Big
Academy still grappling with claims of racism and an outsized American focus Hollywood went into the 92nd Academy Awards at … More
Birds of Prey Doesn’t Pull Any Punches
The film fulfills Suicide Squad’s promise of unadulterated Hollywood fun, but still has something serious to say. Suicide Squad was … More
Film Previews: February and March
17 films to see in theaters and on Netflix over the next two months, ten of them directed by women … More
Navigating Diaspora with Poetry
Members of the Vietnamese poetry collective She Who Has No Master(s) visit Reed She Who Has No Master(s) came to … More
Visiting Writer Hillary Plum Brings Fragmented Narratives to the Chapel
The author of memoir Watchfires read a new essay Hilary Plum could’ve ended her memoir Watchfires — an exploration of … More
Gemini Man: The Future of B-Movie Action
Ang Lee pushes the genre forward with his innovative cinematography Visionary director Ang Lee shot Gemini Man digitally in 3-D … More
Why, So Serious
Joaquin Phoenix shines in Todd Phillips’ Joker After months of fervent online debate between people who haven’t seen the film … More
The Poetry of Music
Visiting writer Hanif Abdurraqib on music’s ability to emotionally move The way Hanif Abdurraqib reads poetry makes you wonder why … More