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The role of the spectator in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’

Ada Sussman November 29, 2023
As "Anatomy of a Fall" unfurls, the film itself becomes a clinical investigation of our own scrutiny. The tight, vérité-style structure of the film allows the audience to become acutely aware of their status as spectators. And like cinema vérité, the film takes a solely observational role in the telling of the story, giving the audience no more information than the jurors. 
“Rebecca,” a Netflix original based off of the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock by the same name, was released on Oct. 21. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Remake of ‘Rebecca’ fails to live up to Hitchcock original

Molly Farrar October 22, 2020

The 2020 film “Rebecca” is, in a word, shallow. Or stuffy. Or static. The Netflix Original, released Wednesday, is a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1941 Best Picture, but the films can barely be put...

EDIT: Zero-tolerance means zero productivity

Daily Free Press Admin December 5, 2013

People send their children to schools to learn, not to be subject to rough societal punishments. When a person trusts a school with the well being of his or her child, it is understood that educators and...

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