They’re invading. First, the high rise apartments sprouted throughout the city like hulking brick weeds. Then came the organic juiceries, tea-espresso fusion cafes, meadworks and, to top it all off, a SoulCycle. This winter, students wearing Canada Goose jackets will frequent these luxury offerings, lugging Fjallraven backpacks, Hydroflasks and Macbook Pros. Could gentrification be any […]
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ is a Kaiju-sized helping of pure fun
It’s finally happening. After three films in Legendary’s “MonsterVerse,” Godzilla is finally fighting Kong. Technically, it’s the second time. Still, whenever two icons throw hands, be it Godzilla and King Kong or Kim and Khloé, people should take notice. Does the movie live up to the hype? For anyone looking to watch two monsters duke it […]
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‘The Trial of The Chicago Seven’ is the movie we need right now
On the night of Aug. 15, 2020, a Black Lives Matter protest marched through downtown Chicago. Hordes of police officers descended upon them, encircling small groups of people in a process known as “kettling.” They sprayed eyes with tear gas, beat limbs with batons and indiscriminately shot rubber bullets and arrested Americans whose only crime […]
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A24 films streaming on Prime Video: a breakdown
In the absence of new theatrical releases, a few of us on the film beat decided to break down our favorite A24 films that are streaming on Prime Video. “Venus, planet of love / Was destroyed by global warming / Did its people want too much too? / Did its people want too much?” […]
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‘Antebellum’ is searing, audacious American horror
Like all great horror movies, “Antebellum” is barely fiction. In modern classics like “Get Out,” “The Babadook” and “Antebellum,” the fantasy comes not when the monsters show their ugly faces, but when they are vanquished. Even at its most outlandish, the terror in “Antebellum” is not only plausible, but already happening. More than that — […]
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Some moments from the 92nd Annual Academy Awards
Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” performance Eminem performed his 2002 smash hit “Lose Yourself” at the Oscars Sunday night and I didn’t know why. I thought that maybe I had missed something crucial, like an introduction or any sort of rationale for what was happening. But I got none. And it took reading a CNN article days […]
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What the Film Beat watched over Winter Break
In my memory, Winter Break 2019 will always be defined by “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” While I watched some (far superior) movies like “Little Women” and “Knives Out” during this holiday season, my brain still can’t let “Skywalker” go. It’s a beautifully crafted, wonderfully performed, roller coaster ride of a waste […]
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I saw Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet.’ Here’s why you shouldn’t
Content warning: gun violence. They say not to yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater. Why? Are we so gullible that anyone who hears the forbidden word will throw their popcorn and sprint down the aisles like a re-showing of “Cats” has just begun? I don’t buy it. People aren’t that easy to scare. How […]
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Bob Dylan: Queer icon?
This article is a part of the Arts b-side on Icons. For a full look at our b-side pieces exploring this theme, click this link. “Wearing high heel boots, a tailored pea-jacket without lapels, pegged dungarees of a kind of buffed azure, large sunglasses with squared edges, his dark, curly hair standing straight up on […]
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The top 10 films of 2019
Every year, we search curiously for movies we love. Often, we miss. I find that I am insufferably dour when it comes to deciding if a given year is a good year for movies up until the very last month, when the Oscar-eligible films come rushing in like the downpour after a drought. This year, […]
