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.

Review: Julia Roberts & Lucas Hedges Brilliantly Carry the Incomplete, ‘Ben is Back’

Marisa Carpico - December 11, 2018

With Golden Globe nominations out and a few minor awards bodies already doling out accolades, it's pretty clear that whatever Oscar hopes Ben is...

Golden Globe 2018 Film Nominations: The Good, The Bad & The What Were They Thinking?

Marisa Carpico - December 6, 2018

Though our TV editor, Matt Taylor, and I have been talking Oscars for months on our Way Too Early Oscar Podcast, this morning's announcement...

The Truth About Killer Robots: Like Black Mirror But Bad

Marisa Carpico - November 26, 2018

Robots are taking over the world. At least that’s the premise of Maxim Pozdorovkin's new documentary, The Truth About Killer Robots, airing on HBO...

Review: Shoplifters is a Brilliant Tale of Family, Morality & Crime

Marisa Carpico - November 23, 2018

When it starts, Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s new film Shoplifters seems innocuous. We see a young boy, Shota (Jyo Kairi), and the man we...

The Last Race: Love and Death on Long Island

Marisa Carpico - November 16, 2018

As a series of title cards explains at the beginning of the new documentary, The Last Race, stock car racing is long past its...

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 1 Finale: ‘The Witching Hour’ Patriarchy Wins…Again

Marisa Carpico - November 15, 2018

It’s perhaps impossible not to watch the final episode of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina without reflecting on the season as a whole. From...

Suspiria: The Catharsis of Female Rage

Marisa Carpico - October 29, 2018

***Massive Spoilers Ahead*** Nowhere is the gender inequality in film reviewing more evident than in a press screening. I don’t think I’ve ever been the...

On Her Shoulders: A Tough, Personal Examination of the Global Refugee Crisis

Marisa Carpico - October 26, 2018

If you’ve never heard of Nadia Murad Basee Taha, it’s not from her lack of trying. In December 2015, she testified in front of...

Review: The Price of Everything: Art = Money

Marisa Carpico - October 19, 2018

Early in director Nathaniel Kahn’s new documentary, The Price of Everything, former Sotheby’s auctioneer Simon De Pury declares, “it’s very important for good art...

Beautiful Boy: A Clumsy, Cloying Story of Addiction

Marisa Carpico - October 11, 2018

During a flashback in director Felix van Groeningen‘s new film, Beautiful Boy, Steve Carell’s character, David Sheff, tries to comfort his young son, Nic...