Marisa Carpico

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.

Tribeca Review: Aamis

Photo Credit: Wishberry FilmsI'm not going to beat around the bush, Aamis, the second feature written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika, which premiered...

Tribeca Review: Come to Daddy

From the opening title card, you’ll know if you’ll like Come to Daddy. It starts with two quotes. The first is from Shakespeare: “The...

Tribeca Review: Noah Land

Writer-director Cenk Ertürk's début film, Noah Land, which premiered at Tribeca tonight, is hard to define. It follows Ömer (Ali Atay), a recently-divorced man...

Tribeca Review: Watson

Paul Watson is a controversial figure. A founding member of Greenpeace who accompanied the organization to protest nuclear testing in Amchitka in the '70s,...

Tribeca Review: At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

Since #MeToo became a national and global movement, there have been many upsetting moments that have forced us to ask, “How could we have...

‘If the Dancer Dances’ Review: A Good Doc That May Be Lost on Non-Dance Fans

Dance is a universal language. Or as choreographer Merce Cunningham put it: "If the dancer dances, everything is there." That quote gives the title...

Little Woods Review: An Imperfect Rural American Thriller

Little Woods has a lot going for it. The first feature of writer-director Nia DaCosta (also the director of next year's Candyman remake), it...

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Review: An Overwhelming, but Necessary Piece of Film History

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, the new documentary from director and producer Pamela B. Green and narrated by Jodie Foster begins...

Hail Satan? Review: Satanism as Atheism with Activism

The Satanic Temple has been in the news a lot in the past few years. Most recently, they made headlines for suing Netflix’s The...

Teen Spirit Review: An Ode to the Female Pop Star

Max Minghella is best known as an actor. Most will probably know him as Elisabeth Moss’ clandestine lover, Nick Blaine, in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s...

Dogman Review: A Heavy-Handed Morality Play

Director Mateo Garrone’s new film Dogman isn’t what it sounds like. While the title conjures images of a man turning into a dog and...

Into the Dark: I’m Just F*cking with You Falters Under the Weight of Its Formula

Hulu and Blumhouse’s ongoing, holiday-based horror series Into the Dark is starting to crumble. After improving with each new episode in the first half...

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