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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Dissecting my highest-rated movies | Maia’s Inner Monologue

Maia Penzer March 18, 2024
My attention span is not too long — I blame TikTok. After a taxing day of classes and schoolwork, "Modern Family" or "How I Met Your Mother" are my go-to choices for winding down. Movies require too much brainpower for me, and I usually need to be in a specific mood to watch them — or so I thought.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

Award shows do matter | Editorial

Editors February 28, 2024
Award shows are far more relevant than declining viewership might suggest. The media and talent that Americans choose to consume and support speak volumes about who we are as a people.
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill in Netflix’s latest mini-series, “Maniac.” PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX

REVIEW: “Maniac” captivates with stars Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, takes on dark topics

Pat LaMarco September 23, 2018
Netflix original “Maniac” is overwhelmingly weird and fills viewers with confusion with constant twists and turns in the plot. The show has provoked strong reactions, and some fans went as far as comparing the show to cult classic “Twin Peaks.”
Emma Stone stars as tennis player Billie Jean King in biographical film "Battle of the Sexes." PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: ‘Battle of the Sexes’ triumphs with inspiration

Caroline Aaron September 29, 2017

In 1973, women's tennis champion Billie Jean King played against one-time superstar athlete Bobby Riggs in a match deemed the "Battle of the Sexes" to prove not just which gender produced better tennis...

FRILOT: Life of performer in “La La Land”

FRILOT: Life of performer in “La La Land”

Madison Frilot February 20, 2017

After the debut of the “modern, original” musical “La La Land,” theatre students and professionals everywhere were left feeling conflicted. On one hand, we rejoiced to see that musical theatre...

Ryan Gosling as Sebastian and Emma Stone as Mia in “La La Land.” PHOTO COURTESY DALE ROBINETTE

REVIEW: “La La Land” brings musicals back to the silver screen

Felipe Belfort Marques December 12, 2016

Film musicals are a strange genre — when one thinks of a musical in film, it’s either a bombastic, all-out production or one of the classic tap-dancing, minimal-plot films of the ‘40s and ‘50s....

EDITORIAL: Broadway diversity could influence change in Hollywood

EDITORIAL: Broadway diversity could influence change in Hollywood

Editors April 29, 2016

This year has seen a slew of online activism and backlash surrounding the entertainment industry, specifically prior to the February Academy Awards ceremony that prompted the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite....

TENTINDO: Scarlett Johansson perpetuates Hollywood yellowface in "Ghost in the Shell" casting

TENTINDO: Scarlett Johansson perpetuates Hollywood yellowface in “Ghost in the Shell” casting

Will Tentindo April 18, 2016

This week, Scarlett Johansson and the filmmakers behind the upcoming movie “Ghost in the Shell” fell under criticism for the decision to cast Johansson in a role as an Asian woman. The movie, produced...

"Birdman" director Alejandro González Iñárritu on set with actors Edward Norton and Michael Keaton. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX SEARCHLIGHT

INTERVIEW: Director Alejandro Iñárritu explores ego-centered ‘disease of society’ in ‘Birdman’

Hannah Landers October 16, 2014

While shooting his new film “Birdman,” director Alejandro Gonzáles Iñárritu handed his cast and crew a photo of Philippe Petit making the high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of New York’s World...

FONTANA: Women are crazy, men are stupid

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2013

There’s a theorem that has yet to fail me in life. Or rather, it has yet to fail me since I realized its existence all those semesters ago when I was just a young, impressionable freshman living in the...

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