In the second installation of her column, “Film Through Time”, Maggie McAteer SC ’30 contemplates the power of satire in a world that seems increasingly absurd.
Film
Unboxd: In defense of the cinema date
Dinner for two, coffee across the table, a walk in the park. All perfectly lovely. But what about two hours in the dark?
Poem of Ecstasy: Where does ‘The Turin Horse’ lead us?
Released in 2011 and directed by Hungarian director Béla Tarr, the film “The Turin Horse” follows six days in the life of an impoverished family in the Great Hungarian Plain.
Film Through Time: Why don’t kids movies feel the same as they used to?
In her first column, “Film Through Time,” Maggie McAteer SC ’30 reflects on how recent upward trends in film quality and appreciation have not translated to the animation genre.
Unboxd: The summer’s accidental obsession — how this indie film upstaged ‘Backrooms’
“No, no, no. I thought we were having a good summer!” So did columnist Quincy Qu PO ’29, until the horror film she nearly skipped became the one she couldn’t stop thinking about.
A Nightmare on 6th St: Coping with the election with ‘Saw’
Is living with the results of the 2024 election as painful as cutting off your own foot with a rusty saw in a grimy bathroom? No, and that’s a weird analogy? Horror columnist Niko Kay Smith SC ’25 doesn’t care, and explains why “Saw” (2004) provided the escapist self care he needed the weekend after election day.
Girl Power: The consequences of female body horror in ‘The Substance’
“The Substance” uses body horror towards feminist ends — but does its graphic imagery also inadvertently create a spectacle out of female pain? Anna Peterson SC ’25 discusses this difficult tension.
A Nightmare on 6th St: The brilliant, doomed marketing of ‘Longlegs’
If you were brave enough to call the phone number on a mysterious Los Angeles billboard this summer, you would’ve heard the voice of a serial killer singing “Happy Birthday.” Horror columnist Niko Kay Smith SC ’25 unpacks “Longlegs” (2024), the movie behind this stunt, and explains how this incredible viral marketing set the film up to disappoint.
A Nightmare on 6th St: How horror movie exposure therapy eased my anxiety
Does the idea of watching a horror movie this Halloween give you the shivers? Horror columnist Niko Kay Smith SC ‘25 shares tips she learned on her journey from scaredy cat to a horror fan, and shares how scary movies helped her confront her anxiety.
Girl Power: What “Lady Bird” gets wrong about girlhood
Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed 2017 film “Lady Bird” artfully depicts mother-daughter relationships and growing out of girlhood, among other things but falls short in other places. Columnist Anna Peterson SC ’25 compares the movie with 2002’s “Real Women Have Curves.”