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.

Kusama Infinity: A Portrait of the Artist by Other People

Marisa Carpico - September 7, 2018

Yayoi Kusama is the world's most successful living female artist. Her sculptures, paintings and performance art have been exhibited all over the world for...

Support the Girls Review: Support This Movie

Marisa Carpico - August 23, 2018

Imagine how exhausting it would be to be a woman working at Hooters. Now imagine how much worse it would be to be the...

Juliet, Naked: Rom-Com or Critique of Fandom?

Marisa Carpico - August 17, 2018

With the release of Crazy Rich Asians and Netflix’s Set It Up earlier this summer, the rom-com is suddenly back in style. Director Jesse...

We the Animals: Oscar Watch?

Marisa Carpico - August 16, 2018

Released in 2011, Justin Torres’s début novel We the Animals is technically a novel, but what happens to its lead character, Jonah, is largely...

Skate Kitchen: Sisterhood of the Traveling Half-Pipe

Marisa Carpico - August 10, 2018

Summer is in its final days, but you wouldn’t know it from the temperature in New York City. The air is still thick and...

BlacKkKlansman: Spike Lee’s Hilarious & Challenging Return to Form

Marisa Carpico - August 9, 2018

Spike Lee’s new film BlacKkKlansman begins in the most unexpected way: with a clip from 1939’s Gone with the Wind. As the camera slowly...

Nico, 1988: Portrait of the Artist as an Older Woman

Marisa Carpico - August 1, 2018

Most people probably know Nico (born Christa Päffgen) through her vocals on The Velvet Underground’s self-title first album. But the German-born singer and one-time...

Never Goin’ Back: An Ode to Difficult Women

Marisa Carpico - July 24, 2018

Last year, cultural critic Anne Helen Petersen released Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman, a collection...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: A Syringe Full of Joy to the Heart

Marisa Carpico - July 23, 2018

I hate 2008’s Mamma Mia!. The story is dumb and half the actors can’t carry a tune in a paper bag. Still, there’s an undeniable...

Skyscraper: Every Generation Gets the Towering Inferno It Deserves

Marisa Carpico - July 13, 2018

In 1975, it took two studios to make The Towering Inferno. With a star-studded cast that included Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway, Steve McQueen and...

Whitney: A Near-Perfect Look at the Singer’s Legacy

Marisa Carpico - July 12, 2018

It’s been six years since Whitney Houston died. Before her death, the singer had gone from one of the most successful pop stars of...

Nailed It! Season 2 Bakes the Perfect Mixture of Laughs & Disastrous Desserts

Marisa Carpico - July 7, 2018

If The Great British Bake Off had terrible contestants and even worse hosts, it would be called Zumbo’s Just Desserts. However, the Australian show...

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