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Gianna Horcher | Graphic Artist

What’s love got to do with it? Unconventional romance movies for Valentine’s Day

Ruby Voge February 12, 2025
Sometimes, we’re looking for something a little different that breaks outside of the mold of the traditional boy-meets-girl tropes and plot beats. So, here are five — actually, seven — Valentine’s Day movies that range from slightly unique to unequivocally odd. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The renaissance of early 2000s music

Lavanya Menon February 28, 2024
From Britney Spears to Madonna to Nelly Furtado, 2000s music is coming back in full force, and here’s how I know: Its style and fashion are being revived by other artists. 
Emma Moneuse/DFP STAFF

Spotlight on Society: Stop interchanging Asians in casting

Emma Shapiro March 18, 2021
All people — regardless of ethnicity or race — are three-dimensional and unique, so they should be represented as such and not used as some trophy for diversity and inclusion.
The Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, where the Independent Film Festival Boston Fall Focus 2019 is taking place this weekend. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Independent Film Festival Boston highlights importance of diversity in storytelling

Molly Farrar October 31, 2019
The Independent Film Festival Boston Fall Focus is back for its fifth year and is showing nine independent films at the Brattle Theater in Harvard Square from Nov. 1 to 3.
Emily VanCamp and Martin Freeman star as Sharon Carter and Everett K. Ross in "Captain America: Civil War," which will premiere May 6 in theaters nationwide. PHOTO COURTESY WALT DISNEY PICTURES

INTERVIEW: Emily VanCamp discusses reprising “Captain America” role, capping off superhero trilogy

Sonia Rao April 29, 2016

There’s a cool-kids clique in the Marvel universe, and it’s not exclusively made up of the Avengers. Though “Captain America: Civil War” does feature an almost inconceivable number of A-listers,...

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...

The new Coen Brothers comedy “Hail, Caesar!” opened Friday. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!” underwhelms

Felipe Belfort Marques February 8, 2016

With their vast and well-established oeuvre spanning several genres, the Coen Brothers are considered two of the most diverse writers, directors and producers of the film industry. After writing a film...

MOOTS: Why Are There So Few Heroine Films?

MOOTS: Why Are There So Few Heroine Films?

Eric Moots April 3, 2015

This past week, Gillian Flynn, writer of the book and screenplay for “Gone Girl,” agreed to sign on as the writer for Steve McQueen’s new film. The film is based on the old television series “Widows”...

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ packs more action, substance than first installment

Daily Free Press Admin April 10, 2014

Unless you have been hiding under a particularly large and soundproof rock over the last couple of years, it’s almost guaranteed that you’ve heard of The Avengers , the 2012 superhero movie that combined...

Jonze’s ‘Her’ tells a story of almost-contemporary love and independence

Joe Incollingo January 22, 2014

There’s a pretty important distinction people need to make, Charles explains, between what to eat and what to juice. Juicing sacrifices fiber, something the body needs to be healthy. Eat your fruits,...

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