Gabriella Trevino, Author at The Phoenix

‘Saltburn’ is About Love, According to Director Emerald Fennell

The year is 2006, and Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan), a reserved student at Oxford University, is an outsider. During his first tutorial — Oxford’s version of class — Oliver is quick to fade into the background, as he is immediately overshadowed by

November 30, 2023

Arts·Arts & Features

Artist of the Week Rachel Lapides ’23 on Poetry in the Mundane Moments

On a crisp Sunday morning, I was lucky enough to snag the big table at Hobbs right next to the window. Rachel Lapides ’23, the originator of our beloved Artist of the Week tradition, joined me soon after. We got drinks and

April 20, 2023

Arts

Reflections on Affleck’s “Air”

When I first watched the trailer of Ben Affleck’s most recent film, “Air” (2023), I thought that my first screening would involve several sittings on my laptop. I couldn’t imagine myself, an increasingly jaded and lazy second-semester senior, actually venturing out to

April 13, 2023

Arts

A Review of the First Four Episodes of The Bachelor (Season 27): Boring or Mature?

It’s a question viewers of “The Bachelor” ask themselves every time a new lead is announced. Will this season finally be the one—the one that focuses on Romance, with a capital ‘R’? Or will it succumb to the drama, go down in flames,

February 16, 2023

Highlights·Opinion

Is The Phoenix’s Layout Getting Worse? A History of Our Campus Newspaper’s Layout

As it is my last year at Swarthmore College, I find it only appropriate to begin utilizing some of Swarthmore’s resources, namely the College Archives. At one point in my life, I wanted to be a history major (that point is many

November 10, 2022

Arts

The Scariest Part of “Barbarian” (2022) Was NOT the Killer: It’s Being a Woman

SPOILERS AHEAD! Like the fiscally responsible person I am, I waited diligently (about a month and a half) for the horror film “Barbarian” (2022) to arrive on HBO Max. That night — it was a Wednesday, so I was actually sitting in

November 10, 2022

Arts

Bryn Mawr’s Algorithmic Theater Blends Performance and Tech

I attended the last scheduled performance of Bryn Mawr’s Performing Arts Series “Yesterday Tomorrow,” an hour-long show that was part of their “Algorithmic Theater,” in which algorithms produce a unique show every night. It was Friday night, Sept. 17, 2022, and I

September 29, 2022

Arts

Killing Yourself: The Final Girl in Ti West’s ‘X’

Spoilers ahead! X (2022) is a horror film of the slasher variety directed by Ti West and distributed by A24. Taking heavy inspiration from several of its predecessors like Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Psycho (1960), X situates itself in an

April 21, 2022

Arts

Panelists Talk Philly D.A., a Docuseries on the Election of Progressive Larry Krasner

On Wednesday, March 16, the Department of Film & Media Studies and the Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility hosted a screening and panel discussion of two episodes of the award-winning docuseries, Philly D.A. The panel welcomed Chief of Staff in

March 24, 2022

Arts

The Fallout: Exploring Grief

The Fallout (2022) dir. Megan Park Starring Jenna Ortega; Maddie Ziegler; Niles Fitch; Julie Bowen Released for streaming on HBO Max on Jan. 27, directed and written by actress Megan Park (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, What If), and featuring

February 24, 2022

Gabriella Trevino

‘Saltburn’ is About Love, According to Director Emerald Fennell

Artist of the Week Rachel Lapides ’23 on Poetry in the Mundane Moments

Reflections on Affleck’s “Air”

A Review of the First Four Episodes of The Bachelor (Season 27): Boring or Mature?

Is The Phoenix’s Layout Getting Worse? A History of Our Campus Newspaper’s Layout

The Scariest Part of “Barbarian” (2022) Was NOT the Killer: It’s Being a Woman

Bryn Mawr’s Algorithmic Theater Blends Performance and Tech

Killing Yourself: The Final Girl in Ti West’s ‘X’

The Fallout: Exploring Grief

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