Marisa Carpico

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By day, Marisa Carpico stresses over America’s election system. By night, she becomes a pop culture obsessive. Whether it’s movies, TV or music, she watches and listens to it all so you don’t have to.

‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Review: Like Bad Fan Fiction

Marisa Carpico - December 18, 2019

When Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi was released two years ago, it changed, if not created, the idea of online "discourse."...

‘What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael’ Review: A Deep Dive into America’s Most Influential Film Critic

Marisa Carpico - December 13, 2019

It is almost impossible to overstate Pauline Kael's influence on film criticism. A regular critic at The New Yorker from her 1967 debut reviewing director...

‘Little Joe’ Review: Beautifully Made and Acted, but Ideologically Divisive

Marisa Carpico - December 9, 2019

Director Philip Kaufman's 1978 film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, is a deeply unsettling paranoid thriller. A remake of the 1956 film of the...

‘For Sama’ Review: A Visceral, Vital Documentary

Marisa Carpico - December 6, 2019

Filmed over 5 years and culled from 500 hours of footage over 2 more, For Sama is journalist Waad Al-Khateab’s first-hand account of the...

‘A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby’ Review: The Series Hits a New High Point

Marisa Carpico - December 6, 2019

Two years ago, Netflix’s A Christmas Prince was the silly, meme-ready movie none of us knew we needed. Despite its absurdly illogical storytelling and...

’21 Bridges’ Review: A Brooding and Twisty Neo-Noir

Marisa Carpico - November 26, 2019

With the release of Knives Out this week and 21 Bridges last week, it seems the crime thriller is having a comeback. Where the...

‘Shooting the Mafia’ Review: An Incomplete Picture of a Photographer’s Career

Marisa Carpico - November 22, 2019

Growing up in America, where, thanks to films like The Godfather or Goodfellas, the mafia seems just as cool as it does dangerous, it's...

‘The Knight Before Christmas’ Review: Better than the Average Christmas Romance

Marisa Carpico - November 21, 2019

It may not even be Thanksgiving yet, but holiday romance season is well under way on the Lifetime and Hallmark channels. While the twin...

‘Queen of Hearts’ Review: Denmark’s Oscar Submission Deserves a Nomination

Marisa Carpico - November 20, 2019

The Oscar for Best International Feature Film (changed earlier this year from Best Foreign Language Film) seems like a done deal. Between Bong Joon-ho’s...

‘Waves’ Review: An Art House Melodrama

Marisa Carpico - November 13, 2019

Trey Edward Shults has made only three feature films, but they're all melodramas. 2015's Krisha, adapted from his short film of the same name,...

‘Philophobia: or the Fear of Falling in Love’ Review: Well-Made, but Works Best for Fellow Commitment-phobes

Marisa Carpico - November 12, 2019

Just by reading the title of Philophobia: or the Fear of Falling in Love, you have a pretty good idea of what it’s about....

Sunday Girl Review: A Clever Odyssey of Ex-Boyfriends

Marisa Carpico - November 8, 2019

The modern dating scene is a tough place. Especially for women, it’s hard to find even one potential partner—let alone multiple. Yet that’s exactly...

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