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.

New Year, New You: The Best Installment of Hulu’s ‘Into the Dark’ Yet

When Hulu and Blumhouse began their 12-episode, holiday-themed horror series, Into the Dark, back in October, it was hard to tell if it would...

Cold War: Love and Music in Post-War Poland

Pawel Pawlikowski’s new film Cold War opens this weekend in the US, but it already has a lot to live up to. With a...

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

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?

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

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

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...

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