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.

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

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

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

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

***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

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

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

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...

Review: Studio 54 Gets Down and Dirty at the Infamous Disco

If I had a time machine, I’d make two stops. The first would be during the years when Warren Beatty was ayoung, beautiful and...

A Star is Born: Oscars Season, Here We Come

In every generation, a star must be born. It’s not a strict rule – it’s been 42 years since Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson last...

306 Hollywood: Grief, Loss and the Things We Leave Behind

Sometime in the middle of brother-sister duo Elan and Jonathan Bogarín’s new film, 306 Hollywood, they pay a visit to the Rockefeller archives at...

Review: Love, Gilda is a Rose-Colored Look at the Comedienne

Without even knowing who Gilda Radner was, it’s easy to understand her importance in the comedy world just by the people who talk about...

Review: Lizzie is Passionately Passion-less

As a concept, director Craig William Macneill’s new film Lizzie sounds unmissable. Chloë Sevigny plays Lizzie Borden, the woman who was acquitted of killing...

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