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Growing Up With The Nightmare Before Christmas
Rebecca looks back on Tim Burton and Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and the profound message she's taken from the film.
Rebecca Radillo
Dec 23, 20225 min read
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Don’t Try to Understand it. Feel it: Love, the Void, and Christopher Nolan
Rebecca Radillo explores the work of Christopher Nolan, and the statements that Interstellar, Inception and Tenet all make about love.
Rebecca Radillo
Nov 26, 202213 min read
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Bones and All Review: The Delicate and Grotesque Collide in Luca Guadagnino's Latest
Lyvie Scott reviews Luca Guadagnino's cannibal road-trip romance Bones and All at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Lyvie Scott
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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Pulling Teeth: An Interview With Mae Krell
Lyvie Scott sits down with singer-songwriter Mae Krell to discuss her new single, her influences and the importance of healthy gaslighting.
Lyvie Scott
Oct 8, 202215 min read
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A Brief Investigation of My Favorite Comfort Movies
Rebecca Radillo explores the similarities and differences between the films that have given her the most comfort over the years.
Rebecca Radillo
Oct 7, 20226 min read
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Criminal Bodies: Life With Disabilities is the Crime of the Future
Rebecca Radillo explores the parallels between David Cronenberg's world in "Crimes of the Future" and our own.
Rebecca Radillo
Aug 19, 20229 min read
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Our Bodies On-Screen: The Criminalization of Choice
Lauryn Jackson analyzes two recent films, both of which paint an incredibly timely picture about our right to choose.
Lauryn Jackson
Aug 19, 20225 min read
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Take My Breath Away, Top Gun Really IS That Homoerotic
Rebecca Radillo explores what exactly makes "Top Gun" — and its successor, "Maverick" — so incredible: the male-male relationships.
Rebecca Radillo
Jul 29, 20228 min read
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