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.

‘End of the Century’ Review: A Stunning Début Feature

Marisa Carpico - August 16, 2019

End of the Century is the kind of movie that sneaks up on you. Written, directed and edited by Lucio Castro in his feature...

‘What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?’ Review: A Powerful Documentary about Race in America

Marisa Carpico - August 16, 2019

One of the most remarkable moments in director Charles Burnett’s classic 1978 film, Killer of Sheep, comes when he abruptly cuts from images of...

‘The VelociPastor’ Review: A Fun, Clever Horror Parody

Marisa Carpico - August 13, 2019

Many viewers will likely know whether they want to watch The VelociPastor purely by reading the title. Written, directed and edited by Brendan Steere,...

‘The Garden’ Left Behind Review: A Potent, Moving Picture of Being Trans in America

Marisa Carpico - July 31, 2019

Thanks to shows like Orange is the New Black and Pose, trans women–particularly those of color–have perhaps never been such a prominent part of...

‘Jay Myself’ Review: One Man’s “Trash” Makes for Cinematic Treasure

Marisa Carpico - July 30, 2019

On March 17, 1966, photographer Jay Maisel bought the Germania Bank building in New York City’s East Village. He then spent nearly five decades...

‘Luce’ Review: Melodrama at its Finest

Marisa Carpico - July 30, 2019

You have to have been living under a rock to deny the last few years have been a time of enormous social and cultural...

‘Mike Wallace is Here’ Review: A Deep Dive into the Father of the Modern Interview

Marisa Carpico - July 25, 2019

The new documentary, Mike Wallace is Here, begins with the titular journalist interviewing Bill O'Reilly. Wallace asks him the appeal of Fox News and...

‘Honeyland’ Review: A Beautiful Parable of Honeybees

Marisa Carpico - July 24, 2019

What do you think of when you hear the word, “honey”? Perhaps you imagine a beekeeper in a suit, carefully drenching bees in smoke...

Trespassers Review: Stalled by Predictable Character Arcs

Marisa Carpico - July 12, 2019

There’s a long history of bad boyfriends in horror. From The Creature from the Black Lagoon, to Billy Loomis in the first Scream, to...

Review: ‘The Farewell’ Finds Humor in Grief

Marisa Carpico - July 11, 2019

Early in The Farewell, the new film from writer-director Lulu Wang, the father of the protagonist tells a joke at dinner party. He describes...

‘The Cat Rescuers’ Review: Great Even If You Aren’t a Cat Person

Marisa Carpico - July 8, 2019

As an opening title card in the new documentary, The Cat Rescuers, explains, there are roughly 500,000 stray cats living in New York City....

Into the Dark: Culture Shock is the Best of the Series

Marisa Carpico - July 6, 2019

After a two-episode slump with April’s I’m Just F*cking with You and the questionably-holiday themed All that We Destroy, Hulu and Blumhouse’s horror series...

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