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We're All Stuck in Bardo
Critically acclaimed filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu released his 7th feature film this month, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful...
Brandon Arana
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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How Pokémon Enchanted a Global Market
With the drop of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet this week, Pokemon seems to have made its yearly return to the public limelight....
Brandon Arana
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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Will Tomato Soup Stains Save Our Planet?
Alone, probably not. But a tomato soup stained Van Gogh painting just might do it. In recent months, activists have launched nothing...
Brandon Arana
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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The "Edgar"
One of the most interesting interactions that recent media has had with our society in the last half decade has been, undoubtedly, with...
Brandon Arana
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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Why Are Comedians Making Great Horror Films?
Film history has not been kind to the horror genre over the years. While horror films are designed to spook an audience or make them feel...
Brandon Arana
Oct 26, 20222 min read
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Letterboxd is Changing the way we think about Film Criticism
Today, finding and sharing opinions on movies is easier than it’s ever been. The film industry has grown hand in hand with - and to some...
Brandon Arana
Oct 20, 20227 min read
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Boycotting Movies is Erasing the Work of Minority Filmmakers
Within any industry, certain individuals sit atop as symbols of their field and expertise. These figures, whether by design or by the...
Brandon Arana
Oct 15, 202213 min read
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Spotify Wrapped and the Platformization of Music
Within the world of music, the simple question of “What do you listen to?” circulates in all different types of groups and communities....
Brandon Arana
Oct 4, 20227 min read
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Our Cities Are Fundamentally Changing Us
The disparities between city folk and countryside dwellers has been a modern clash of the post industrial era. The distinctions between...
Brandon Arana
Sep 23, 20223 min read
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Bill Nye is the Future of the Public Intellectual
Hardly anyone remembers the name of their middle school chemistry teacher. Or the name of the giddy elementary school teaching assistant...
Brandon Arana
Sep 17, 20227 min read
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Why Queen Elizabeth's Death Proves That We're All Cosmopolitans
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II marks the end of Britain’s longest reigning monarch and the passing of a global symbol of the...
Brandon Arana
Sep 8, 20223 min read
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