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Let’s Talk About “Sinners”: A Tragic Portrayal and Celebration of Freedom

A visually stunning and captivating feature film, “Sinners” has played in theaters for less than two weeks and has already become a record-breaking hit. In just 48 hours, “Sinners” earned over $45 million at the box office and became the first horror

May 1, 2025

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An Exploration of Heritage: Le Voyage de Talia (2022)

Le Voyage de Talia (2022) is a bilingual, 80 minute Belgian/Senegalese film in Wolof and French by director Christophe Rolin. The film was nominated for two awards at the African Movie Academy Awards. It follows nineteen-year-old Talia, an Afro-Belgian, on her first

April 17, 2025

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Artist of the Week Vaidehee Durgude ’25: Tropes, Photographs, and Documentary Journalism

Vaidehee Durgude ’25 walked into the East side of Shane lounge where I had settled myself with my various interview materials. She introduced herself, shook my hand, and sat down with the casual, self-possessed confidence of someone completely comfortable with her surroundings.

April 17, 2025

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Let’s Talk About “Mickey 17”: The Identity Problem

How can a director explore ethical considerations of murder, spiritual complications of immortality, altruistic treatment of non-human life, and duplication of identity in under 140 minutes? How can an opening scene spark profound compassion, sadness, and understanding of humanity? Bong Joon Ho,

April 10, 2025

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Sharon Hayes Screens “Ricerche: four,” Exploring Queer Elders’ Identity

On Saturday, March 22, artist and documentary filmmaker Sharon Hayes came to Swarthmore’s campus for a screening and discussion of her most recent work, “Ricerche: four.” The fourth of a series of documentaries centering on questions of gender and sexuality, the film’s

April 3, 2025

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Let’s Talk About It: The Unbridled Passion and Darkness of “Nosferatu”

Robert Eggers’s deeply enriching “Nosferatu” (2024), a darker and more devastating retelling of Dracula in fierce longing and yearning. Eggers’s production adapts the 1922 silent horror film of the same name. The film follows a newly-wedded couple, Ellen and Thomas Hutter (Nicholas

March 20, 2025

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Let’s Talk About Why Nicole Kidman Wanted to Be Babygirl

Why did Nicole Kidman want to be “Babygirl”? In an Actors on Actors conversation with Zendaya, Nicole Kidman commented: “As soon as I heard it was called ‘Babygirl,’ I thought, ‘I’m in.’” Historically, Kidman has been in films with a strong philosophical

February 27, 2025

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‘The Substance’: A Tragedy on The Desire for Admiration

“The Substance,” directed by Coralie Fargeat, exposes the desperate unease and sense of inadequacy society instills in women. The film takes its viewers on a wild ride of internal reflection and bizarre symbolism. It follows a washed out actress, Elizabeth, who is

February 6, 2025

Arts·Arts & Features

How Robert Zemeckis’ Contact (1997) Explores Creation

Robert Zemeckis’ Contact (1997) raises several questions about creation. Instead of the universe’s inception, the movie focuses on the beginning of extraterrestrial life and first contact. Ellie Arroway, the protagonist, constructs a device to meet aliens. When she finally sees them, the

November 9, 2023

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Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985): The Possibility of Art After The Holocaust

“If there had been – by sheer obscenity or miracle – a film actually shot in the past of three thousand people dying together in a gas chamber … I would have preferred to destroy it. It is not visible. You cannot look

November 2, 2023

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Let’s Talk About “Sinners”: A Tragic Portrayal and Celebration of Freedom

An Exploration of Heritage: Le Voyage de Talia (2022)

Artist of the Week Vaidehee Durgude ’25: Tropes, Photographs, and Documentary Journalism

Let’s Talk About “Mickey 17”: The Identity Problem

Sharon Hayes Screens “Ricerche: four,” Exploring Queer Elders’ Identity

Let’s Talk About It: The Unbridled Passion and Darkness of “Nosferatu”

Let’s Talk About Why Nicole Kidman Wanted to Be Babygirl

‘The Substance’: A Tragedy on The Desire for Admiration

How Robert Zemeckis’ Contact (1997) Explores Creation

Claude Lanzmann’s Shoah (1985): The Possibility of Art After The Holocaust

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