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Sundance Film Festival 2023: ‘The Starling Girl’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi In rural Kentucky, a seventeen-year-old girl struggles to define herself within her Christian community. Many don’t realize how repressed these young women are because of their religious conditioning and social conformity. There is no freedom to experiment or to speak freely because of the deep connectivity to God and the community. For…
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Sundance Film Festival 2023: ‘Pretty Baby: Brook Shields’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Throughout the decades, there have been celebrities that rise above the rest. It’s almost impossible for some people to understand the phenomenon of certain starlets. Realistically, they’re just people at the end of the day. However, the media can manufacture one’s persona and dictate the narrative surrounding their star power. We’ve all…
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Sundance Film Festival 2023: ‘Infinity Pool’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Some writers can see different versions of other people but have difficulty understanding their identities. Writers write stories about other people because they don’t find their lives as interesting. They want things to happen for inspirational purposes, not because they want the actual experience. In Brandon Cronenberg’s Infinity Pool, James (Alexander Skarsgård)…
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Sundance Film Festival 2023: ‘Fair Play’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi Men and women have different perceptions of each other. Women are often seen as inferior, and men think of themselves as this higher power. Misogyny is embedded in everyone’s psyche because of patriarchal standards. It comes down to social conditioning at a very young age; as you get older, it can be…
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Sundance Film Festival 2023: ‘Magazine Dreams’ Review
By: Amanda Guarragi As we grow, we understand where our character stems from. What our insecurities are and what we strive for can become an obsession. It can be rooted in deep trauma and slowly manifest into something else. It can be personal issues, relationships or a career. Whatever happens in childhood is considered baggage…
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