Rua Fay
Seeing Myself in "The Whale"'s Tragic Villain
Darren Aronofsky's The Whale is not the first thing anyone would think of when it comes to a comforting movie. As a film, it is one of...
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Rua Fay
Oct 223 min read
"Woman of the Hour:" Anna Kendrick's Haunting Directorial Debut
This year at the Toronto International Film Festival, a plethora of incredible films were screened for the first time. One of those films...
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Rua Fay
Oct 144 min read
"Terrifier:" The Box Office's Favorite Clown
Who would have guessed that in 2024, an indie slasher film would be topping the box office, beating out the likes of Tim Burton, Todd...
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Rua Fay
Oct 75 min read
The Wasted Potential of "Joker: Folie à Deux."
[This review contains spoilers] Last week saw the release of perhaps the most highly anticipated movie of 2024: Todd Philips' Joker:...
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Rua Fay
Sep 143 min read
"The Assessment:" TIFF's Dystopian Nightmare
This year's Toronto International Film Festival has been one for the books. One of the additions to this impressive slate was The...
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Rua Fay
Sep 143 min read
Pharrell's "Piece By Piece" Subverts Audience Expectations at TIFF
While this year's Toronto International Film Festival has seen its fair share of unorthodox, exciting, and even downright wacky films,...
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Rua Fay
Sep 143 min read
The Chaotic Brilliance of "Saturday Night"
This year's Toronto International Film Festival has been full of high profile films with big flashy budgets and star-studded casts. But...
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Rua Fay
Sep 133 min read
New Crimedy "Riff Raff" Makes a Splash At TIFF
As the Toronto Film Festival comes to an end this weekend, one of the last films to premiere is Riff Raff. A star-studded crime comedy...
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Rua Fay
Sep 134 min read
How "Nightbitch" Made Me Afraid of Motherhood
Out of all the films at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, few have been more highly anticipated than Marielle Heller's...
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Rua Fay
Sep 123 min read
"Bring Them Down:" The Film Causing Walkouts at TIFF
For the past eight days, the 49th annual Toronto International Film festival has been running smoothly. Countless nations from around the...
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Rua Fay
Sep 123 min read
New Cerebral Drama: "The Listeners" Premieres at TIFF
Last week saw the start of the 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival. So far, a plethora of incredible films have premiered,...
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Zachary Zanatta
Sep 54 min read
TV Shows Don’t Hang Out Like They Used To
March 2nd, 1995, the television series Friends aired one of its all-time classic episodes, “The One with All the Poker”. The 18th episode...
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Abrienne Smith
Aug 283 min read
My Experience at the Black Girls in Media Conference
Black Girls in Media is an organization founded in 2018 by Tasha McCaskiel with the goal of amplifying and uplifting the voices of black...
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Rua Fay
Aug 153 min read
Somewhere Over The Zakim: the Many Boston Connections to "The Wizard of Oz."
When it comes to Victor Fleming's The Wizard of Oz, the first place that probably comes to mind is rural Kansas or even the wonderful...
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Rua Fay
Jul 216 min read
"The Apprentice:" The Biopic That Shocked Cannes
The 77th Annual Cannes Film Festival this past May saw the release of over a dozen new, exciting films. Audiences in the thousands packed...
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Rua Fay
Jul 56 min read
The Tragic Brilliance of "Moral Orel"
From 2005-2008, Adult Swim aired the stop-motion black comedy: Moral Orel, created by Emmy-winning writer, Dino Stamatopoulos. It's not...
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Rua Fay
Jun 204 min read
The Perplexing Nature of "Kinds of Kindness"
[This review does not contain spoilers] On March 17th, Yorgos Lanthimos released the trailer for his next film, Kinds of Kindness much to...
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Rua Fay
Jun 135 min read
Living My Lifelong Dream at The Cannes Film Festival
On June 17th, 2017, I found myself stranded at another dreaded family function in the suburbs of Boston. Being thirteen at the time there...
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Rua Fay
May 66 min read
"Baby Reindeer:" A Heart-Wrenching Tale of Overcoming Trauma
In April of this year, an unassuming mini series quietly made its way onto Netflix and skyrocketed to #1 on the site's charts. Baby...
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Zachary Zanatta
Apr 234 min read
Chasing a Mystery in "The Long Goodbye"
Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye is a staple of the neo-noir genre. A hazy exploration of LA’s criminal underbelly bolstered by a career...
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