Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 explores the strange, simple, beautifully dark “Bambi,” the paragon of a type of children’s film he believes has been somewhat lost to time.
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Frame Rating: In defense of the “unwatchable”
The contentious film “Gummo” has been called a lot of things: abhorrent, degenerate, unwatchable. Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 explores his love for the controversial film, and advocates for a responsible engagement with challenging works of art.
Frame Rating: Holy sincerity! How “Batman” (1966) stands up to the self-conscious super-genre
Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ‘24 writes about his love for Batman (1966) and how he thinks self-awareness has taken the joyful sincerity from films of the past.
Horror Hour: The plague of marketability in holiday horror
Have you ever heard of “Krampus” (2015)? How about the new Eli Roth movie “Thanksgiving,” starring Addison Rae? Horror columnist Anna Peterson SC ‘25 dives into holiday horror, how the neo-capital subgenre succeeds and where it fails.
Rom-Com in Review: ‘Palm Springs’ and cosmic emptiness
“Palm Springs” (2020) takes the time-loop setup of “Groundhog Day” and dresses it up with apocalyptic nihilism and wedding-guest angst. Through the heaviness, the film remains charming and laugh-out-loud funny, writes rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27.
Film files: Great films in 90 minutes or less
For those of us who love integrating movies into our daily routines, all of our readings and homework often gets in the way of that. Film columnist Hannah Eliot SC ‘24 comes to the rescue with a curated list of five short films that you can easily sneak into your schedule.
Horror Hour: The found footage phenomenon in “Creep”
Horror movies have evolved into fodder for the masses, promising cheap thrills and empty storylines to give audiences a quick jump-scare. A horror sub-genre that makes room for innovation, writes horror columnist Anna Peterson SC ’25, is the found footage horror.
Rom-Com in Review: The case for joy In Asian American rom-coms
Asian American Rom-coms almost always revolve around intergenerational drama. As Asian American stories seem to receive more and more attention, columnist Nadia Hsu unpacks why the rom-com remains entrenched in family turmoil.
Rom-Com in Review: Jane Austen, ‘You’ve Got Mail’ and Love Across Postal Codes
In rom-com world, the love letter is a last-act confession — take Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail” or Jane Austen’s novels. Rom-com columnist Nadia Hsu PO ’27 unpacks why letter-writing is such an oft-used trope, and why you should start writing them too.
Film files: The controversial legacy of ‘Lost in Translation’
In anticipation of Sophia Coppola’s return to Hollywood with “Priscilla,” film columnist Hannah Elliot SC ‘24 looks back on Coppola’s magnum opus: “Lost in Translation.”